inhalational lung diseases are among the most important occupational diseases. pneumoconiosis refers to a group of lung diseases result from inhalation of usually inorganic dusts such as silicon dioxide, asbestos, coal, etc. , and their deposition in the lungs. the resultant pulmonary disorders depend on the susceptibility of lungs; size, concentration, solubility and fibrogenic properties of t...

context worldwide prevalence of respiratory diseases, suffering from such diseases, and heavy cost of treatment, which all may result from lack of etiological understanding of these diseases in modern medicine, were the main factors to conduct the current study. in the present study, the causes and symptoms of asthma were evaluated and compared with those of some other respiratory diseases. ira...

Epidemiologic studies long have played a role in the understanding of the effects of the general environment and various occupational exposures on the occurrence of acute and chronic diseases of the lung. This article is an overview of epidemiologic study designs that have particular relevance to studies of environmental and occupational lung disease. The application of times-series designs in ...

T he European Respiratory Society (ERS) has contributed, since its foundation in 1990, to epidemiology and occupational health through the Occupation and Epidemiology Assembly (Assembly 6) with three Groups: Epidemiology; Occupational and Environmental Health; and Tobacco, Smoking Control and Health Education. These groups have been working on the development of respiratory epidemiology and the...

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2008, 8:115–119 Purpose of review Exposure to occupational and environmental agents can cause a spectrum of lung diseases that are predominantly immune-mediated. Research and prevention have focused primarily on the respiratory tract. Recent studies, however, suggest that the skin may also be an important route of exposure and site of sensitiza...

Industrial talc has been widely circulated in the world for a long time. The pure talc has little effects on humans, but inhalation of talc contaminated with asbestos can causes severe asbestos-related diseases such as lung cancer and malignant mesothelioma. Herein, we represent a case of lung cancer after occupational exposure to industrial talc in the rubber manufacturing industry.

In this issue of the Journal, ROMERO et al. [1] describe 14 patients with severe organizing pneumonia (OP), which resulted from occupational exposure to aerosolized paint in the textile industry in Spain. This spectacular and highly unusual outbreak of occupational lung disease, of which six workers died, took place in the spring of 1992 in the region of Alcoi in the Autonomous Community of Val...