2019
The Occupational Burden of Nonmalignant Respiratory Diseases. An Official American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society Statement
Blanc PD, Annesi-Maesano I, Balmes JR, Cummings KJ, Fishwick D, Miedinger D, Murgia N, Naidoo RN, Reynolds CJ, Sigsgaard T, Torén K, Vinnikov D, Redlich CA. The Occupational Burden of Nonmalignant Respiratory Diseases. An Official American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society Statement. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2019, 199: 1312-1334. PMID: 31149852, PMCID: PMC6543721, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201904-0717st.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsNonmalignant respiratory diseasesChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseObstructive pulmonary diseasePopulation attributable fractionChronic respiratory diseasesRespiratory diseaseWorkplace exposuresPulmonary diseaseHypersensitivity pneumonitisAttributable fractionOccupational burdenOfficial American Thoracic SocietyEuropean Respiratory Society statementCommunity-acquired pneumoniaGranulomatous lung diseaseIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisPopulation-based studyIncidence rate ratiosPulmonary alveolar proteinosisBurden of diseaseAmerican Thoracic SocietyWorking-age adultsPublic health awarenessAirway diseaseChronic bronchitis
2015
Asbestosis and environmental causes of usual interstitial pneumonia
Gulati M, Redlich CA. Asbestosis and environmental causes of usual interstitial pneumonia. Current Opinion In Pulmonary Medicine 2015, 21: 193-200. PMID: 25621562, PMCID: PMC4472384, DOI: 10.1097/mcp.0000000000000144.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisUsual interstitial pneumoniaInterstitial pneumoniaDevelopment of IPFUsual interstitial pneumonia patternRecent epidemiologic investigationsEnvironmental exposuresFibrotic lung diseaseInterstitial pneumonia patternExposure-disease relationshipsIPF patientsPneumonia patternClinical courseIPF diagnosisPulmonary fibrosisHistopathologic patternLung diseaseAsbestos exposureRadiographic changesOverall burdenAsbestosis patientsClinical challengeEpidemiologic studiesCase controlAgricultural exposures