Epidemiological studies on interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) may be schematically subdivided
into the following major types: 1) quantifications of disease, broken down into incidence, …

Occupational asthma remains a common disease in the UK with up to 3000 new cases
diagnosed each year. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) estimates the cost to our society to …

Epidemiologic evidence suggests a link between morbidity and mortality and levels of particulate
matter in the atmosphere. We studied the inflammatory response to inhalation of diesel …

Epidemiology is the study of the distribution, determinants and outcome of disease. In this
article, the recently acquired knowledge of the epidemiology of occupational asthma is …

Five patients with respiratory disorders associated with hard metal exposure are described.
In four patients electron microprobe analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage cells or lung tissue …

Fibrosing alveolitis associated with systemic sclerosis (FASSc) is considered to be histologically
and radiologically indistinguishable from lone cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis (CFA). To …

α‐Amylase and hemicellulase, derived from culture of Aspergillus species, are commonly
added to flour as improvers during baking. Two cases of women occupationally sensitized to α‐…

Rationale: Although it is widely assumed that the incidence of childhood respiratory
allergies to common aeroallergens is directly related to allergen exposure in early life, few …

Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) samples from exposed patients with extrinsic allergic alveolitis
(EAA) contained mast cells in increased numbers in addition to lymphocytes. The counts …

We report two cases of occupational asthma caused by sensitisation to powdered fungicides
fluazinam and chlorothalonil, from the same fungicide formulation plant. Both developed …