Occupational Lung Disease

Annikka Weissferdt

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-36438-0_4

Occupational Lung Disease

Annikka Weissferdt

Pathology

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Occupational lung disease (OLD) refers to a variety of disorders that affect the lungs following inhalation of dusts or chemical antigens in the work setting. OLD is an important public health issue and responsible for approximately 70% of all deaths from occupational diseases (Weston, IARC Sci Publ 163:387-405, 2011). Pneumoconioses comprise a subset of OLD that is defined as an interstitial lung disease caused by the inhalation of inorganic mineral dust. Other common work-related lung diseases include occupational asthma and hypersensitivity pneumonitis secondary to the exposure to dusts or antigens from a growing list of inciting agents.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Diagnostic Thoracic Pathology
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	133-163
Number of pages	31
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030364380
ISBN (Print)	9783030364373
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36438-0_4
State	Published - Jan 1 2020

Keywords

Aluminosis
Asbestos
Coal workers’ pneumoconiosis
Hard metal lung disease
Mixed dust pneumoconiosis
Siderosis
Silicatosis
Silicosis

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General Medicine

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