Occupational respiratory disease

Health surveillance for occupational respiratory disease.

BACKGROUND Occupational lung diseases remain common, and health surveillance is one approach used to assist identification of early cases. AIMS To identify areas of good practice within respiratory health surveillance and to formulate recommendations for practice. METHODS Published literature was searched since 1990 using a semi-systematic methodology. RESULTS A total of 561 documents wer...

Respiratory disease caused by synthetic fibres: a new occupational disease.

Seven patients exposed to the inhalation of synthetic fibres presented with various bronchopulmonary diseases, such as asthma, extrinsic allergic alveolitis, chronic bronchitis with bronchiectasis, spontaneous pneumothorax, and chronic pneumonia. The histological features are described and an attempt has been made to set up immunological techniques for the diagnosis. A series of histochemical t...

Surveillance of work related and occupational respiratory disease--SWORD.

BK Polyomavirus in Respiratory Specimens of Patients with Respiratory Disease

Background and Aims: The role of BK and JC polyomaviruses (BKV and JCV) in the causation of respiratory disease and the natural route of transmission has not well been established. The aim of study was to determine the prevalence of BK and JC viruses in 280 respiratory samples and evaluate their contribution to respiratory disease. Materials and Methods: PCR was used to screen specimens for BK...

Occupational Respiratory Cancer in Korea

Malignant mesothelioma and lung cancer are representative examples of occupational cancer. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death, and the incidence of malignant mesothelioma is expected to increase sharply in the near future. Although information about lung carcinogen exposure is limited, it is estimated that the number of workers exposed to carcinogens has declined. The first offici...