The global burden of non-malignant respi
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Timothy Driscoll; Deborah Imel Nelson; Kyle Steenland; James Leigh; Marisol Conc
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Article
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2005
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract ## Background Occupational nonβmalignant respiratory disease arises from exposure of workers to airborne agents, mostly particulate or dusts. We describe the worldwide mortality and morbidity from asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and pneumoconioses arising from the