Imaging of Occupational and Environmental Disorders of the Chest

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Vuyst, Paul De (Editor), Gevenois, Pierre Alain (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Series: Medical Radiology, Diagnostic Imaging,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Occupational medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Diagnostic Radiology.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.; Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine.

The spectrum of occupational and environmental diseases has changed markedly during the past decade. Pneumoconiosis is still a common cause of chronic lung disease but the concept has evolved to encompass reactions of the lung to chemicals and organic or inorganic dust. Furthermore, new industrial p...