ArticleAmerican journal of industrial medicine2015
A case-control study of airways obstruction among construction workers.
Article in American journal of industrial medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Work-related respiratory health conditions among construction workers: a systematic narrative review.BMJ open respiratory research · 2023Pooled it
- Systematic review: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and construction workers.Occupational medicine (Oxford, England) · 2017Pooled it
- Evaluation of Risk Factors for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the Middle-Aged and Elderly Rural Population of Northeast China Using Logistic Regression and Principal Component Analysis.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2022Article
- Health Risk Behavior Profile of Construction Workers, 32 States, 2013 to 2016.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2020Article
- Prevalence and factors associated with respiratory symptoms among civil construction workers: an occupational health surveillance proposal.Revista brasileira de medicina do trabalho : publicacao oficial da Associacao Nacional de Medicina do Trabalho-ANAMT · 2019Article
- Prevalence and Perception of Risky Health Behaviors Among Construction Workers.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2017Article
- Risk Evaluation of Construction Workers' Exposure to Silica Dust and the Possible Lung Function Impairments.Tanaffos · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundWhile smoking is the major cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), occupational exposures to vapors, gases, dusts, and fumes (VGDF) increase COPD risk. This case-control study estimated the risk of COPD attributable to occupational exposures among construction workers.
methodsThe study population included 834 cases and 1243 controls participating in a national medical screening program for older construction workers between 1997 and 2013. Qualitative exposure indices were developed based on lifetime work and exposure histories.
resultsApproximately 18% (95% CI = 2-24%) of COPD risk can be attributed to construction-related exposures, which are additive to the risk contributed by smoking. A measure of all VGDF exposures combined was a strong predictor of COPD risk.
conclusionsConstruction workers are at increased risk of COPD as a result of broad and complex effects of many exposures acting independently or interactively. Control methods should be implemented to prevent worker exposures, and smoking cessation should be promoted.
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