The Global Burden of Disease Study provides a comprehensive assessment of mortality due
to 264 causes in 195 locations from 1980 to 2016. Estimates for the burden of interstitial lung …

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

Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) caused by exposure to agents encountered in the workplace
(occupational ILD) are an important and preventable group of illnesses. Many different …

Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) caused by exposure to agents encountered in the workplace
(occupational ILD) are an important and preventable group of illnesses. There are a large …

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 …

Objective: Evidence-based diagnostic and treatment guidelines for occupationally related
interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) have been developed and are summarized herein. Methods …

Rationale: The impact of a broad range of occupational exposures on subclinical interstitial
lung disease (ILD) has not been studied. Objectives: To determine whether occupational …

A relationship between inhalational exposure to materials in the environment and
development of interstitial lung disease (ILD) is long recognized. Hypersensitivity …

Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) are a heterogeneous group of parenchymal lung diseases,
some of which arise as a result of genetic susceptibility, as well as external noxious stimuli …

Background Inhalational exposures are increasingly recognized as contributing factors in
interstitial lung disease (ILD). However, the characteristics of both exposures and exposed …