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Occupational
Lung Disease
Occupational
physicians often deal with questions of disability due to
occupational lung disease. This week in journal club we will
review three articles on the topic of occupational lung disease.
Following journal club, Sandra Fogel, JD, will discuss "Occupational
Lung Disease Disability".
Reading
List: (The following are Adobe Acrobat .pdf files)
- Bauer,
et al, Functional variables associate with the clinical
grade of dyspnoea in coal miners with pneumoconiosis and
mild bronchial obstruction
- Ulvestad,
Cumulative exporuse to dust causes accelerated decline in
lung function in tunnel workers
- In
addition, the following article will be made available to
Occ Med residents in hard copy: Schachter, E. Neil.. Popcorn
Worker's Lung. New England Journal of Medicine.
347(5):360-361, August 1, 2002
Conference
Schedule
Conference Reading List
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