Air pollution and interstitial lung disease: a call to arms

Symposium
Chairs: A. Dinh-Xuan (Paris, France), N. Ubags (Epalinges, Switzerland)
Aims: To describe the associations of air pollution with interstitial lung diseases (ILD) and pulmonary fibrosis (PF); to describe the importance of collective preventive measures to help patients breathe clean air and reduce their risks of ILD and progression to PF and death.

Genetic predisposition and the environment M. Molina Molina (Barcelona, Spain)
Air pollution: particle size matters H. Davies (Vancouver, Canada)
Interstitial lung disease and air pollution: in India and beyond S. Singh (Jaipur (Rajasthan), India)
Intrinsic and extrinsic environmental factors in IPF G. Raghu (Seattle, United States of America)
Microbiome effects on immunity, health and diseases of the lungs K. Antoniou (Heraklion, Greece)