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Asthma affects nearly 300 million people worldwide.1 Despite a notable decline in age-standardized prevalence, mortality and disability-adjusted life years over the past three decades, the burden of asthma remains high in many countries including low-middle-income countries.2 Climate change is also predicted to significantly impact asthma and other respiratory-related conditions, as rising global temperatures lead to longer pollen […]

Howard Kipen, ATS 2018 – ATS Assembly on Environmental, Occupational and Population Health (EOPH)

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Published Online: Jun 5th 2018

Howard Kipen (Rutgers University School of Public Health, NJ, US) is Chair of the ATS Assembly on Environmental, Occupational and Population Health (EOPH). Here he discusses the mission and scope of his Assembly, the relevance of environment and occupational health to clinical pulmonologists, significant recent developments in his field and activities at ATS 2018 that have been of greatest interest.

Questions

1. Tell us a little about the Assembly on Environmental, Occupational and Population Health (EOPH) (0:10)
2. Why is the environment and occupational health of relevance to practising clinical pulmonologists? (1:44)
3. What have been the most significant recent developments in your field? (3:00)
4. What activities/presentations at ATS 2018 are of greatest interest to your assembly? (4:37)

Speaker disclosure: Howard Kipen has nothing to disclose in relation to this video interview.

Filmed at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference 2018, San Diego, CA, US, May 2018.

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