Learning Path

Normal Respiratory Structure and Function → Environmental Lung Cancer

This learning path explores how environmental exposures—particulates, gases, allergens, and tobacco smoke—disrupt respiratory structure and function, leading to diseases such as pneumoconiosis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, occupational asthma, and lung cancer. It begins with foundational respiratory pathophysiology and progresses through specific exposure-disease mechanisms, emphasizing dose-response, host factors, and prevention. Designed for public health and medical students, the path integrates basic science with clinical and public health perspectives.