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Issue 3-The occupational burden of respiratory diseases, an update.
Murgia, N; Akgun, M; Blanc, P D; Costa, J T; Moitra, S; Muñoz, X; Toren, K; Ferreira, A J.
Afiliación
  • Murgia N; Department of Environmental and Prevention Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy. Electronic address: nicola.murgia@unife.it.
  • Akgun M; Department of Chest Diseases, School of Medicine, Agri Ibrahim Çeçen University, Agri, Turkey.
  • Blanc PD; Division of Occupational, Environmental, and Climate Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, California, USA.
  • Costa JT; Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João (CHUSJ), Porto, Portugal.
  • Moitra S; Alberta Respiratory Centre and Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
  • Muñoz X; Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Toren K; Occupational and Environmental Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
  • Ferreira AJ; Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra. Coimbra, Portugal.
Pulmonology ; 2024 May 03.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38704309
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION AND

AIMS:

Workplace exposures are widely known to cause specific occupational diseases such as silicosis and asbestosis, but they also can contribute substantially to causation of common respiratory diseases. In 2019, the American Thoracic Society (ATS) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS) published a joint statement on the occupational burden of respiratory diseases. Our aim on this narrative review is to summarise the most recent evidence published after the ATS/ERS statement as well as to provide information on traditional occupational lung diseases that can be useful for clinicians and researchers.

RESULTS:

Newer publications confirm the findings of the ATS/ERS statement on the role of workplace exposure in contributing to the aetiology of the respiratory diseases considered in this review (asthma, COPD, chronic bronchitis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, infectious pneumonia). Except for COPD, chronic bronchitis and infectious pneumonia, the number of publications in the last 5 years for the other diseases is limited. For traditional occupational lung diseases such as silicosis and asbestosis, there are old as well as novel sources of exposure and their burden continues to be relevant, especially in developing countries.

CONCLUSIONS:

Occupational exposure remains an important risk factor for airways and interstitial lung diseases, causing occupational lung diseases and contributing substantially in the aetiology of common respiratory diseases. This information is critical for public health professionals formulating effective preventive strategies but also for clinicians in patient care. Effective action requires shared knowledge among clinicians, researchers, public health professionals, and policy makers.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Pulmonology Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Pulmonology Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article
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