Occupational and environmental bronchiolar disorders

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• Personal Author:
  Cummmings KJ ; Kreiss, Kathleen
• Description:
  Occupational and environmental causes of bronchiolar disorders are recognized on the basis of case reports, case series, and, less commonly, epidemiologic investigations. Pathology may be limited to the bronchioles or also involve other components of the respiratory tract, including the alveoli. A range of clinical, functional, and radiographic findings, including symptomatic disease lacking abnormalities on noninvasive testing, poses a diagnostic challenge and highlights the value of surgical biopsy. Disease clusters in workplaces and communities have identified new etiologies, drawn attention to indolent disease that may otherwise have been categorized as idiopathic, and expanded the spectrum of histopathologic responses to an exposure. More sensitive noninvasive diagnostic tools, evidence-based therapies, and ongoing epidemiologic investigation of at-risk populations are needed to identify, treat, and prevent exposure-related bronchiolar disorders. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asthma Asthma, Occupational Epidemiology Lung Lung Diseases Occupational Health Pathology Radiation Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety

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• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Bronchiolitis Biopsy BOOP Bronchial-asthma Diseases Etiology Exposure Exposure-levels Lung-disease Lung-disorders Lung-function Lung Function Pulmonary-function Pulmonary-system Pulmonary-system-disorders Radiography Respiratory-system-disorders Risk-factors

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• ISSN:
  1069-3424
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  366-378
• Volume:
  36
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046326
• Citation:
  Semin Respir Crit Care Med 2015 Jun; 36(3):366-378
• Contact Point Address:
  Kristin J. Cummings, MD, MPH, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505
• Email:
  cvx5@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:eaac54c95822368b25ee66f4b550d4e0eedda20449dea0ecd9ff51bb5d9da653ac746103d4609b18d104bf831dca6927a772561479176ed9854932e4ae2976f2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201423/cdc_201423_DS1.pdf
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