Occupational lung diseases: from old and novel exposures to effective preventive strategies

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 445-455

  Cullinan, Paul ^a,b   Muñoz, Xavier ^c,d   Suojalehto, Hille ^e   Agius, Raymond ^f   Jindal, Surinder ^g   Sigsgaard, Torben ^h   Blomberg, Anders ⁱ   Charpin, Denis ^j,k   Annesi Maesano, Isabella ^l   Gulati, Mridu ^m   Kim, Yangho ⁿ   Frank, Arthur L ^o   Akgün, Metin ^p   Fishwick, David ^q   de la Hoz, Rafael E ^r   Moitra, Subhabrata ^s,t  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Medicine and MRC Health Protection Agency   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^e FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^h AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

ⁱ UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^k AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^l INSERM   (France)

^m YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^o DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^q UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^r MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^s LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^t Allergy and Asthma Research Centre   (India)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PROTEINASE; ARSENIC; ASBESTOS; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; CARCINOGEN; CHLORINE; CHROMIUM; DETERGENT; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; IRRITANT AGENT; MUSTARD GAS; NICKEL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SILICON DIOXIDE; SULFURIC ACID;

ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; BYSSINOSIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PASSIVE SMOKING; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; HEALTH SURVEY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 85009160115     PISSN: 22132600     EISSN: 22132619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600(16)30424-6     Document Type: Review

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