Environmental factors in respiratory disease dd reid md aberd phd lond reader in epidemiology and vital statistics london school of hygiene and tropical medicine london wc1 in the study of respiratory disease in its community setting i have followed milroys precepts quot that more diligent and continued attention may be paid than has yet been attempted in this country to the study of the accurate geography of diseasesquot and that this must be combined with chronology the . The classroom environment may affect the incidence of respiratory disease in two ways either by affecting the ease of spread or by lowering the individuals resistance to infection both these possibilities have been studied in some work which also sought to exploit the combined use of bacteriological techniques and clinical epidemiology. Environmental factors in respiratory disease provides an overview of the state of knowledge on the role of environmental factors in respiratory disease the book opens with a discussion of some trends and developments which bear on concerns with respiratory disease and the environment. Environmental factors in respiratory disease provides an overview of the state of knowledge on the role of environmental factors in respiratory disease the book opens with a discussion of some trends and developments which bear on concerns with respiratory disease and the environment this is followed by separate chapters on pulmonary anatomy