Environmental lung disease in New Jersey.
The lungs are peculiarly susceptible to insults that are experienced indoors and outdoors, infectious and noninfectious. Diagnosis is made through history and awareness of the increasing prevalence and number of causes of environmental lung disease.
Karetzky
M S
MS
Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, NJ 07112.
D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000009:adverse effects; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology; D012307:Risk Factors