Global perspectives of emerging occupational and environmental lung diseases

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 114-120

  Moitra, Subhabrata ^a   Puri, Rajan ^b   Paul, Devon ^c   Huang, Yuh Chin T ^c  

^a Molecular Respiratory Research Laboratory Chest Research Foundation   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

asbestos; biomass burning; coal worker's pneumoconiosis; fracking; silicosis

Indexed keywords

2,3 BUTANEDIONE; ASBESTOS; CHROMIUM; COAL; COBALT; FERTILIZER; FUEL; HYDROCARBON; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; LEAD; MANGANESE; METHANE; NANOPARTICLE; NICKEL; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; POLYURETHAN FOAM; RADON; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICONE; SULFUR; TREMOLITE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ASBESTOSIS; ASIA; ASTHMA; BIOMASS; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; BURN; COAL WORKER; COAL WORKER PNEUMOCONIOSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL LUNG DISEASE; EXHAUST GAS; FIBROUS DUST; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; INCIDENCE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LAW; LUNG ALVEOLUS PROTEINOSIS; LUNG DISEASE; MIDDLE EAST; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROCESSING; REVIEW; SAND; SAND STORM; SANDBLASTING JEAN WORKER; SARCOIDOSIS; SILICOSIS; SMOKE; WORKER; WORKPLACE; LUNG DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTOR;

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84922404539     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0000000000000136     Document Type: Review

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