ArticleEnvironmental health : a global access science source2016
Doctor-diagnosed health problems in a region with a high density of concentrated animal feeding operations: a cross-sectional study.
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- A systematic review of animal feeding operations including concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) for exposure, health outcomes, and environmental justice.Environmental research · 2024Pooled it
- Updated systematic review: associations between proximity to animal feeding operations and health of individuals in nearby communities.Systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Considering the Risks and Costs of Solid Organ Xenotransplantation.Advanced biology · 2025Article
- Modeling and Analysis of Air Pollution and Environmental Justice: The Case for North Carolina's Hog Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations.Environmental health perspectives · 2023Article
- Identifying sources of antibiotic resistance genes in the environment using the microbialFrontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
- Exposure to industrial hog and poultry operations and urinary tract infections in North Carolina, USA.The Science of the total environment · 2022Article
- Exposure to industrial hog operations and gastrointestinal illness in North Carolina, USA.The Science of the total environment · 2022Article
- Exposure to concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and risk of mortality in North Carolina, USA.The Science of the total environment · 2021Article
- Cross-classified multilevel models (CCMM) in health research: A systematic review of published empirical studies and recommendations for best practices.SSM - population health · 2020Review
- Morbidity Rates in an Area with High Livestock Density: A Registry-Based Study Including Different Groups of Patients with Respiratory Health Problems.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Observational
- Estimated time-varying exposures to air emissions from animal feeding operations and childhood asthma.International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere is growing interest in health risks of residents living near concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). Previous research mostly focused on swine CAFOs and self-reported respiratory conditions. The aim was to study the association between the presence of swine, poultry, cattle and goat CAFOs and health of Dutch neighbouring residents using electronic medical records from general practitioners (GPs).
methodsData for the year 2009 were collected of 119,036 inhabitants of a rural region with a high density of CAFOs using information from GIAB (high exposed population). A comparison was made with GP data from 78,060 inhabitants of rural areas with low densities of CAFOs (low exposed population). Associations between the number of CAFOs near residents' homes and morbidity were determined by multilevel (cross-classified) logistic regression.
resultsIn 2009, the prevalence of most respiratory and gastrointestinal conditions was similar in the high and low exposed population. Exceptions were pneumonia, atopic eczema and unspecified infectious diseases with an increased prevalence, and sinusitis with a decreased prevalence in the high exposed population. Within the high CAFO density region, the number of poultry, cattle and swine CAFOs near residents' homes was not associated with allergic, respiratory or gastrointestinal conditions. Conversely, each additional goat CAFO within the postal code area of residents' homes significantly increased the odds of unspecified infectious disease and pneumonia by 87 and 41 percent, respectively.
conclusionsUsing GP records, pneumonia and unspecified infectious diseases were positively associated with the number of goat CAFOs near residents' homes, but no association was found between swine, cattle, and poultry CAFOs and respiratory, allergic or gastrointestinal conditions.
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