The prevalence of allergic airway diseases such as asthma and rhinitis has increased
dramatically to epidemic proportions worldwide. Besides air pollution from industry derived …

First recognized as an occupational disorder, obliterative bronchiolitis is now the primary
noninfectious pulmonary complication of allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation …

Patients with asthma–chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome (ACOS)
have been largely excluded from pivotal therapeutic trials and, as a result, its treatment …

Dust storms and sandy dust events originating in arid and semi-arid areas can transport
particulate material, pollutants, and potential transport long distances from their sources …

Abstract Since September 11, 2001, 2.4 million military personnel have deployed to Iraq and
Afghanistan. To date, roughly 1.44 million have separated from the military and …

New paradigms have been recently proposed in the pathogenesis of both chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), evidencing …

Modern international military deployments in austere environments (ie, Iraq and
Afghanistan) place considerable physiological demands on soldiers. Significant …

Exposure to fine particulate matter (PM) is generally acknowledged to increase risk for
human morbidity and mortality. However, particulate matter (PM) research has generally …

Since 2001, more than 2.7 million US military personnel have been deployed in support of
operations in Southwest Asia and Afghanistan. Land-based personnel experienced …

This review is the summary of a workshop on small airways disease, which took place in
Porquerolles, France in November 2011. The purpose of this workshop was to review the …