Preventive Diagnosis in Occupational Pulmonary Disease
Authors: JAMES A. DOSMAN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1975)

Editorials1 August 1975Preventive Diagnosis in Occupational Pulmonary DiseaseJAMES A. DOSMAN, M.D.JAMES A. DOSMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-83-2-274 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptObstructive pulmonary disease that men and women develop as a consequence of their working environment challenges the chest physician and the investigator who would use physiologic and epidemiologic principles to identify such a disease. Clearly, the death rates from bronchitis among certain exposed occupational groups are higher than those in the general population (1), and morbidity, as gauged by work time lost, is increased (2). 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