Millions of workers are exposed to substances known to cause occupational interstitial lung
diseases (ILDs), particularly in developing countries. However, the burden of the disease is …

Inhalational exposures are increasingly recognized as an important component in the
development of ILDs, and novel exposure-disease associations continue to be discovered …

Because it has direct contact with the ambient environment, the respiratory tract is often the
site of injury from occupational exposures. Inhalation of potentially toxic materials in the work …

Long before personal cigarette smoking was widespread, medical writers recognized that
dusty trades were associated with various lung diseases. Much of this, often termed ''miner's …

Introduction and aims Workplace exposures are widely known to cause specific
occupational diseases such as silicosis and asbestosis, but they also can contribute …

Occupational lung diseases comprise a wide group of disorders that can be acute or chronic
and can affect the airways, lung parenchyma, or pleura. These disorders result from …

Exposure to a variety of inorganic dusts, organic dusts, and gases and fumes may result in
chronic airflow obstruction as well as chronic cough and phlegm (chronic bronchitis) …

Occupational lung diseases (OLDs) are caused, aggravated or exacerbated by exposures at
the workplace. OLDs encompass a wide range of respiratory diseases similar to that found …

The many different types of diffuse parenchymal lung disease may produce similar
respiratory symptoms, and therefore a comprehensive history is required that includes …

Thorax: first published as on 26 June 2009. Downloaded from model does apply to
occupational causation overall. However, as they readily acknowledge, an attempt to stratify …