Affiliation:
1. Department of Respiratory Medicine University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan Kitakyushu Japan
2. Department of Environmental Health Engineering Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health Kitakyushu Japan
Abstract
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
Air pollutants have various effects on human health in environmental and occupational settings.
Air pollutants can be a risk factor for incidence, exacerbation/aggravation and death due to various lung diseases, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), hypersensitivity pneumonitis or pneumonia (HP), pulmonary fibrosis such as pneumoconiosis and malignant respiratory diseases such as lung cancer and malignant pleural mesothelioma.
Environmental and occupational respiratory diseases are crucial clinical and social issues worldwide, although the burden of respiratory disease due to environmental and occupational causes varies depending on country/region, demographic variables, geographical location, industrial structure and socioeconomic situation.
The correct recognition of environmental and occupational lung diseases and taking appropriate measures are essential to their effective prevention.
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