Beryllium disease and sarcoidosis: still besties after all these years?

“…However, the numbers of newly diagnosed pneumoconiosis cases have increased on a global scale during the recent decades despite major types of public health measures having been made to counter this problem. The aetiologies of pneumoconiosis have been confirmed in previous epidemiological studies 8–11. Therefore, the heterogeneous incidence pattern of pneumoconiosis is directly related to the level of exposure to relevant risk factors in different geographical regions.…”

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Trends in global, regional and national incidence of pneumoconiosis caused by different aetiologies: an analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

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ObjectivesPneumoconiosis remains a major global occupational health hazard and illness. Accurate data on the incidence of pneumoconiosis are critical for health resource planning and development of health policy.MethodsWe collected data for the period between 1990 and 2017 on the annual incident cases and the age-standardised incidence rates (ASIR) of pneumoconiosis aetiology from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. We calculated the average annual percentage changes of ASIR by sex, region and aetiology in order to determine the trends of pneumoconiosis.ResultsGlobally, the number of pneumoconiosis cases increased by a measure of 66.0%, from 36 186 in 1990 to 60 055 in 2017. The overall ASIR decreased by an average of 0.6% per year in the same period. The number of pneumoconiosis cases increased across the five sociodemographic index regions, and there was a decrease in the ASIR from 1990 to 2017. The ASIR of silicosis, coal workers’ pneumoconiosis and other pneumoconiosis decreased. In contrast, measures of the ASIR of asbestosis displayed an increasing trend. Patterns of the incidence of pneumoconiosis caused by different aetiologies were found to have been heterogeneous for analyses across regions and among countries.ConclusionIncidence patterns of pneumoconiosis which were caused by different aetiologies varied considerably across regions and countries of the world. The patterns of incidence and temporal trends should facilitate the establishment of more effective and increasingly targeted methods for prevention of pneumoconiosis and reduce associated disease burden.

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Berylliosis: A Granulomatosis to Remind Us of the Importance of Occupational History

González

Clarà

Fernández

et al. 2020

Archivos de Bronconeumología (English Edition)

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Beryllium disease and sarcoidosis: still besties after all these years?

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The Trends in Global, Regional, and National Incidence of Pneumoconiosis Caused by Different Etiologies: An Analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

The Trends in Global, Regional, and National Incidence of Pneumoconiosis Caused by Different Etiologies: An Analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Trends in global, regional and national incidence of pneumoconiosis caused by different aetiologies: an analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Berylliosis: A Granulomatosis to Remind Us of the Importance of Occupational History

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