… and occupational lung diseases and exposures from a global perspective. These diseases
and exposures include environmental exposure to asbestos and lung diseases, accelerated …

… to discuss the development of a Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD).
Co-sponsored by the US National Institutes of Health (Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (…

… Perspective in this issues of the Annals by Ferkol and Schraufnagel describe (1, 2), lung
diseases are a major cause of global … consider major lung diseases, which include lung cancer, …

… Through this article we take a broad view of chronic lung disease while highlighting (1) the
… call for lung disease to be made a research priority with greater funding allocation globally. …

… From a global perspective, exposures to indoor and outdoor air pollution throughout life,
including prenatally, are important risk factors for COPD. Exposure to these factors is increasing …

… However, the growth of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the world is
nevertheless assured—tobacco consumption is rising globally because of increased consumption …

… of the airways and other structures of the lungs. Major CRDs are asthma … disease (COPD),
occupational lung diseases, sleep apnoea syndrome and pulmonary hypertension. Globally, …

… More than 100 different conditions are grouped under the term interstitial lung disease (ILD).
A diagnosis of an ILD primarily relies on a combination of clinical, radiological, and …

… Environmental lung diseases are like global infectious diseases, in that much of what we
have learned about exposures and their consequences has come from focal extreme events. …

… , chronic obstructive lung diseases and associated heart conditions, and lung cancer. Growing
… Strong links have been found between chronic lung diseases in women and exposure to …