A Clinical Guide to Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases
A Clinical Guide to Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases delivers a concise compendium to the diagnosis and management of occupational and environmental lung diseases, incorporating evidence-based guidelines where available. Each chapter provides
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Yuh-Chin T. Huang Lisa A. Maier
Andrew J. Ghio
Editors
A Clinical Guide to Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases
Editors Yuh-Chin T. Huang, MD, MHS Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC, USA
Andrew J. Ghio, MD Human Studies Facility Environmental Public Health Division Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Lisa A. Maier, MD, MSPH, FCCP Department of Medicine Division of Environmental and National Jewish Health Denver, CO, USA
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Preface
The air must be pure, habitable, and bright, It should be neither contaminated nor smell of the sewer (Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum)
The lungs are the major interface between humans and the environment. We inhale environmental substances in the forms of particles, fibers, and gases every day. While many may be relatively harmless, others have a potential to cause acute or chronic lung diseases. The close and cont
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