Antifibrotic treatment response and prognostic predictors in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and exposed to occupational dust.

Valeria CasilloStefania CerriAndrea CiervoMariarita StendardoLamberto ManzoliMaria Elena FlaccoMaurizio MannoMarialuisa BocchinoFabrizio LuppiPiera Boschetto

Published in: BMC pulmonary medicine (2019)

Occupational dust exposure lasting 10 years or more does not seem to influence the therapeutic effects of antifibrotics and the prognostic predictors in patients with IPF.

Keyphrases

idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
interstitial lung disease
health risk
health risk assessment
human health
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
rheumatoid arthritis
climate change