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Journal article
Occupational lung diseases: from old and novel exposures to effective preventive strategies
The lancet respiratory medicine, v 5(5), pp 445-455
01 May 2017
PMID: 28089118
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Abstract
Occupational exposure is an important, global cause of respiratory disease. Unlike many other non-communicable lung diseases, the proximal causes of many occupational lung diseases are well understood and they should be amenable to control with use of established and effective approaches. Therefore, the risks arising from exposure to silica and asbestos are well known, as are the means of their prevention. Although the incidence of occupational lung disease has decreased in many countries, in parts of the world undergoing rapid economic transition and population growth-often with large informal and unregulated workforces-occupational exposures continue to impose a heavy burden of disease. The incidence of interstitial and malignant lung diseases remains unacceptably high because control measures are not implemented or exposures arise in novel ways. With the advent of innovative technologies, new threats are continually introduced to the workplace (eg, indium compounds and vicinal diketones). In developed countries, work-related asthma is the commonest occupational lung disease of short latency. Although generic control measures to reduce the risk of developing or exacerbating asthma are well recognised, there is still uncertainty, for example, with regards to the management of workers who develop asthma but remain in the same job. In this Review, we provide recommendations for research, surveillance, and other action for reducing the burden of occupational lung diseases.
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- Title
- Occupational lung diseases: from old and novel exposures to effective preventive strategies
- Creators
- Paul Cullinan - Imperial College LondonXavier Munoz - Vall d'Hebron Hospital UniversitariHille Suojalehto - Finnish Institute of Occupational HealthRaymond Agius - Manchester Academic Health Science CentreSurinder Jindal - Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchTorben Sigsgaard - Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, DENMARKAnders Blomberg - Umeå UniversityDenis Charpin - Aix-Marseille UniversityIsabella Annesi-Maesano - Physiopathologie et Epidémiologie des Maladies RespiratoiresMridu Gulati - Yale UniversityYangho Kim - Ulsan University HospitalArthur L. Frank - Drexel UniversityMetin Akgun - Atatürk UniversityDavid Fishwick - University of SheffieldRafael E. de la Hoz - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiSubhabrata Moitra - Lund University
- Publication Details
- The lancet respiratory medicine, v 5(5), pp 445-455
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 11
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Environmental and Occupational Health
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000402090600030
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85009160115
- Other Identifier
- 991019168788504721
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- Critical Care Medicine
- Respiratory System