… disease burden represented by the major lung diseases: tobacco, outdoor air pollution,
household air pollution, and occupational exposures to lung … most common lung diseases could …

… them will suffer from post-tuberculosis lung disease (PTLD). PTLD … airways (bronchiectasis
and obstructive lung disease), lung … to the global burden of chronic lung disease. Advocacy is …

… of chronic lung disease while highlighting (1) the complex interactions of lung diseases with
… and multimorbidity and (2) proposed areas to strengthen for better global patient outcomes. …

… lung function, this is not a good measure in surveys, and epidemiologists often use challenge
… In adults, this is more usually tested using challenge with pharmacological agents, which …

… for elimination of the occupational lung disease burden. To … lung disease burden in Europe,
proposes directions for all parties involved in the prevention of occupational lung disease…

… diseases (CRDs), … disease, bronchiectasis, and post-tuberculosis lung disease. CRDs are
strongly associated with poverty, infectious diseases, and other non-communicable diseases (…

… The global incidence of lung disease (LD) affecting children and adults is steadily increasing.
The source of mortality and morbidity of lung diseases … become challenges for researchers. …

… the Global Burden of Disease studies. We focus on occupational chronic respiratory disease
of which chronic obstructive lung disease … This remains a continuing challenge globally and …

… to COPD development. The following need to be determined: the extent of exposure
required to initiate and perpetuate lung disease progression, the differences between COPD …

… Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is another chronic respiratory disease with poorly understood
episodes of exacerbation. A questionnaire survey of 134 hospitals in Japan of acute …