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    Environmental and Occupational Lung Diseases
    • Overview of Environmental and Occupational Lung Disease
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    • Air Pollution–Related Illness
      • Diagnosis
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    • Building-Related Illnesses
      • Specific building-related illnesses
      • Nonspecific building-related symptoms
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        • History and clinical evaluation
        • Building or workplace evaluation
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    • Byssinosis
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    • Work-Related Asthma
      • Sensitizer-induced occupational asthma
      • Irritant exposure and reactive airways dysfunction syndrome
      • Work-exacerbated asthma
      • Symptoms
      • Diagnosis
        • Work-exacerbated asthma
      • Treatment
      • Prevention
    • Irritant Gas Inhalation Injury
      • Symptoms
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      • Prognosis
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    • Overview of Asbestos-Related Disorders
    • Asbestosis
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      • Diagnosis
      • Treatment
      • Prognosis
      • Prevention
    • Mesothelioma
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      • Prognosis
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    • Asbestos-Related Pleural Disease
      • Diagnosis
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    • Silicosis
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      • Complications
      • Diagnosis
      • Treatment
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    • Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis
      • Causes
      • Symptoms
        • Complications
      • Diagnosis
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    • Beryllium Disease
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