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ArticleOccupational and environmental medicine2019

Accelerated lung function decline in an aluminium manufacturing industry cohort exposed to PM

Andreas M Neophytou, Sadie Costello, Sally Picciotto, Elizabeth M Noth, Sa Liu, Liza Lutzker, John R Balmes, Katharine Hammond, Mark R Cullen, Ellen A Eisen

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Article in Occupational and environmental medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Andreas M NeophytouEnvironmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA andreas.neophytou@colostate.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-7327-5361
Sadie CostelloSchool of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.
Sally PicciottoSchool of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.
Elizabeth M NothSchool of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.
Sa LiuSchool of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.
Liza LutzkerSchool of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.
John R BalmesSchool of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.
Katharine HammondSchool of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.
Mark R CullenDepartment of Internal Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
Ellen A EisenSchool of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.

Funding

Risk factors for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia: Evidence from a Large Occupational CohortR01AG026291 · NIA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI CANTLEY, LINDA, EISEN, ELLEN AURA · 2006 to 2021
$12.9M
Occupational Exposure to PM2.5 and Cardiovascular Disease(CVD)R01OH009939 · OH · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI CANTLEY, LINDA, CULLEN, MARK RICHARD · 2011 to 2019
$4.7M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG026291NIOSH CDC HHS R01 OH009939
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveOccupational dust exposure has been associated with accelerated lung function decline, which in turn is associated with overall morbidity and mortality. In the current study, we assess potential benefits on lung function of hypothetical interventions that would reduce occupational exposure to fine particulate matter (PM

methodsAnalyses were performed in a cohort of 6485 hourly male workers in an aluminium manufacturing company in the USA, followed between 1996 and 2013. We used the parametric g-formula to assess lung function decline over time under hypothetical interventions while also addressing time-varying confounding by underlying health status, using a composite risk score based on health insurance claims.

resultsA counterfactual scenario envisioning a limit on exposure equivalent to the 10th percentile of the observed exposure distribution of 0.05 mg/m

conclusionsOur results indicate that occupational PM

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AdultAluminumDustHumansInhalation ExposureLung DiseasesMaleManufacturing IndustryOccupational DiseasesOccupational ExposureParticulate MatterRespiratory Function TestsUnited StatesAluminumDustParticulate MatteraluminiumepidemiologyPM10-PM2.5-ultrafinerespiratorystatistics

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PMID31615860
PMCPMC7771835

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