title: [Current occupational respiratory pathology in Switzerland].
abstract: The main features of occupational industrial respiratory diseases in Switzerland can be summarized as follows: -Silicosis: 9750 cases from 1930 to 1979. At present low annual incidence (less than 100 cases), age at first diagnosis over 40 years, at death almost 70 years. - Asbestosis: 130 cases from 1939 to 1979. 30 cases of mesothelioma (21 without asbestosis; 9 with), 9 of bronchial carcinoma and 1 of gastric cancer in the 130 cases of asbestosis. - Acute toxic lung (irritant gases such as chlorine, phosgene, nitrous gases), occupational asthma, extrinsic alveolitis and finally occupational chronic bronchitis are the principal diseases also observed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000542:Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic / Q000453:epidemiology; D001195:Asbestosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007509:Irritants / Q000506:poisoning; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012829:Silicosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D013557:Switzerland
chemical_list: D007509:Irritants
vernacular_title: La pathologie respiratoire professionnelle de nos jours en Suisse.