Global Perspectives of Emerging Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases

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• Personal Author:
  Huang Y-CT ; Moitra S ; Paul D ; Puri R
• Description:
  Purpose of review: New technologies continue to be introduced into the workplace and the environment. These novel technologies also bring in new hazards leading to evolving patterns of established occupational and environmental diseases, as well as novel conditions never before encountered. Recent findings: Many of these emerging conditions have appeared in media outlets or in the literature as case reports. These sentinel cases often serve as a warning sign for subsequent outbreaks. This review will discuss environmental and occupational lung diseases and exposures from a global perspective. These diseases and exposures include environmental exposure to asbestos and lung diseases, accelerated silicosis in sandblasting jean workers, coal worker's pneumoconiosis in surface coal miners, health effects of indoor air pollution from burning of biomass fuels and exposures to heavy metals and potential health effects from hydraulic fracturing (fracking). Other emerging conditions are also discussed, including smog in developing countries, sand storms in Asia and the Middle East and respiratory illnesses from nanoparticles and man-made fibres. Summary: Clinicians must remain vigilant for potential occupational and environmental exposures, especially when evaluating patients with unusual and unique presentation, so that occupational and environmental risk factors may be identified, and monitoring and preventive measures can be implemented early. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution, Indoor Asbestos Environmental Exposure Inorganic Chemicals Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Silicosis
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Asbestos Biomass Burning Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis Environmental Exposure Fracking Hydraulic Fracturing IAQ Indoor Air Quality Occupational Respiratory Disease Pneumoconiosis Respiratory Diseases Respiratory Infections

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• ISSN:
  1070-5287
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  114-120
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20053647
• Citation:
  Curr Opin Pulm Med 2015 Mar; 21(2):114-120
• Contact Point Address:
  Yuh-Chin T. Huang, MD, MHS, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 1821 Hillandale Road, Suite 25A, Durham, NC 27705, USA
• Email:
  huang002@mc.duke.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  University of California, Berkeley
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216368/cdc_216368_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 243.66 KB ]