ArticleJournal of occupational and environmental medicine2009
Further exploration of the links between occupational exposure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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- Occupational COPD and job exposure matrices: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2017Pooled it
- Vapors, gases, dusts and fumes at work and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/bronchitis: a systematic review and meta-analyses.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2026Article
- Estimation of an Exposure Threshold Value for Compensation of Silica-Induced COPD Based on Longitudinal Changes in Pulmonary Function.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Host, Gender, and Early-Life Factors as Risks for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.Clinics in chest medicine · 2020Review
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- Burden of occupational morbidity from selected causes in the United States overall and by NORA industry sector, 2012: A conservative estimate.American journal of industrial medicine · 2019Article
- The Occupational Burden of Nonmalignant Respiratory Diseases. An Official American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society Statement.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2019Review
- Annual decline in forced expiratory volume and airway inflammatory cells and mediators in a general population-based sample.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2019Article
- Occupational Risk Factors for COPD: A Case-Control Study.PloS one · 2016Article
- Air Pollution and Lung Function Loss: The Importance of Metabolic Syndrome.Austin journal of pulmonary and respiratory medicine · 2016Article
- A case-control study of airways obstruction among construction workers.American journal of industrial medicine · 2015Article
- Biomarkers of World Trade Center Particulate Matter Exposure: Physiology of Distal Airway and Blood Biomarkers that Predict FEV₁ Decline.Seminars in respiratory and critical care medicine · 2015Review
- Secondhand Tobacco Smoke and COPD Risk in Smokers: A COPDGene Study Cohort Subgroup Analysis.COPD · 2015Article
- Occupational exposures are associated with worse morbidity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2015Article
- Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among US working adults aged 40 to 70 years. National Health Interview Survey data 2004 to 2011.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2014Article
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- Contribution of the environment and comorbidities to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease phenotypes.The Medical clinics of North America · 2012Review
- Interaction of occupational and personal risk factors in workforce health and safety.American journal of public health · 2012Article
- Occupational diesel exhaust exposure as a risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Current opinion in pulmonary medicine · 2012Review
- Asthma and COPD - The C/EBP Connection.The open respiratory medicine journal · 2012Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine occupational risk for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
methodsWe randomly recruited 233 subjects aged 55 to 75 reporting a physician's diagnosis of COPD, emphysema, or chronic bronchitis. Interviews assessed cigarette smoking and longest held job, identifying exposure to vapors, gas, dust, or fumes (VGDF). Lung function was assessed in n = 138. Comparison data were derived from a sample of referents without COPD.
resultsVGDF was reported in 123 (53%) of 233 cases versus 577 (34%) of 1709 referents. VGDF was associated with COPD (Odds Ratio [OR] 2.5; 95% CI = 1.9 to 3.4); the population attributable fraction was 32%. In the lung function subset, the FEV1/FVC was <70% in 79 (57%); 35 (44%) reported VGDF associated with an OR = 1.6 (95% CI = 0.99 to 2.6) and population attributable fraction 17%.
conclusionsThese data support an important role for occupational exposures in COPD.
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