Balmes J R
Department of Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, USA.
Prim Care. 2000 Dec;27(4):1009-38. doi: 10.1016/s0095-4543(05)70187-1.
The respiratory tract is often the site of injury from occupational exposures because it has direct contact with the ambient environment. Inhalation of potentially toxic materials in the workplace can lead to all major lung diseases with the exception of pulmonary vascular ones. New materials are being introduced into the workplace at a rate faster than their potential toxicities can be evaluated, and some are found to cause lung disease. Therefore, the possibility of occupational lung disease should be considered whenever a working or retired person has unexplained respiratory illness.
呼吸道常常是职业暴露的损伤部位，因为它与周围环境直接接触。在工作场所吸入潜在有毒物质可导致除肺血管疾病外的所有主要肺部疾病。新材料正以超过其潜在毒性评估速度的速率被引入工作场所，并且一些被发现会导致肺部疾病。因此，当在职或退休人员患有无法解释的呼吸道疾病时，应考虑职业性肺病的可能性。
