Chronic parenchymal lung disease comprises a heterogeneous group of disorders that have
overlapping clinical, physiologic, and radiologic features. Exposure-related chronic …

Although asthma is the most common type of occupational lung disease seen in primary
care, physicians need to be aware of other presentations of work-related respiratory illness …

Occupational and environmental exposures can cause most categories of lung diseases
described in this issue of the Medical Clinics of North America, including airways diseases …

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 …

Clinicians must remain vigilant for potential occupational and environmental exposures,
especially when evaluating patients with unusual and unique presentation, so that …

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 …

Rationale: Workplace inhalational hazards remain common worldwide, even though they
are ameliorable. Previous American Thoracic Society documents have assessed the …

Occupational and environmental causes of bronchiolar disorders are recognized on the
basis of case reports, case series, and, less commonly, epidemiologic investigations …

Smoking is clearly the major preventable cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD), but because this disease is so prevalent, reduction of other preventable risk factors …

Occupational and environmental lung disease is a vast topic. Therefore, this review focuses
on areas that represent new clinical insights that have not been addressed recently in …