RT Book, Section
A1 Balmes, John R.
A2 Jameson, J. Larry
A2 Fauci, Anthony S.
A2 Kasper, Dennis L.
A2 Hauser, Stephen L.
A2 Longo, Dan L.
A2 Loscalzo, Joseph
SR Print(0)
ID 1156520022
T1 Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease
T2 Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 20e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259644016
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1156520022
RD 2024/04/24
AB Occupational  and  environmental  lung  diseases  are  difficult  to  distinguish  from  those  of  nonenvironmental  origin.  Virtually  all  major  categories  of  pulmonary  disease  can  be  caused  by  environmental  agents,  and  environmentally  related  disease  usually  presents  clinically  in  a  manner  indistinguishable  from  that  of  disease  not  caused  by  such  agents.  In  addition,  the  etiology  of  many  diseases  may  be  multifactorial;  occupational  and  environmental  factors  may  interact  with  other  factors  (such  as  smoking  and  genetic  risk).  It  is  often  only  after  a  careful  exposure  history  is  taken  that  the  underlying  workplace  or  general  environmental  exposure  is  uncovered.