Clinics in chest medicine
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Clinics in chest medicine · Dec 2012
ReviewIndoor fuel exposure and the lung in both developing and developed countries: an update.
Almost 3 billion people worldwide burn solid fuels indoors. Despite the large population at risk worldwide, the effect of exposure to indoor solid fuel smoke has not been adequately studied. ⋯ Tobacco use further potentiates the development of respiratory disease among subjects exposed to solid fuel smoke. There is a need to perform additional interventional studies in this field.
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Clinics in chest medicine · Dec 2012
ReviewThe classic pneumoconioses: new epidemiological and laboratory observations.
The purpose of this article is to provide an update on selected issues of current interest and recent developments related to 3 types of inorganic mineral dust exposures causing classic forms of pneumoconiosis: coal mine dust, crystalline silica, and asbestos. Common themes include new imaging modalities, emerging exposures, and evolving appreciation of additional adverse health effects associated with exposure to these inorganic mineral dusts.