SynthesisMedicine2020
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease caused by inhalation of dust: A meta-analysis.
Synthesis in Medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- Identifying risk factors for COPD and adult-onset asthma: an umbrella review.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2023Pooled it
- Silicosis and Pulmonary Functions Among Residents Exposed to Dust in Saraburi Thailand.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Silicosis research priorities for health care, research, and health and safety professionals, and for people exposed to silica in Australia: a research priority setting exercise.The Medical journal of Australia · 2025Article
- Impact of occupational exposures in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: current understanding and knowledge gaps.Current opinion in pulmonary medicine · 2025Review
- Fibrotic and emphysematous murine lung mechanics under negative-pressure ventilation.American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology · 2025Article
- Intelligent diagnosis and treatment model based on clinical data for home rehabilitation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.American journal of translational research · 2025Article
- Contributions of Synthetic Chemicals to Autoimmune Disease Development and Occurrence.Current environmental health reports · 2024Review
- The OCCHLTH Mnemonic-Construction and Content of a Tool for Increasing Awareness of Occupational Illness and Injury.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2024Review
- An explainable artificial intelligence framework for risk prediction of COPD in smokers.BMC public health · 2023Article
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- A multiplex inhalation platform to modelFrontiers in pharmacology · 2023Article
- Global, Regional, and National Burden of COPD Attributable to Occupational Particulate Matter, Gases, and Fumes, 1990-2019: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2023Article
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Authors and funding
5 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundA meta-analysis was performed to evaluate the relationship between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and occupational dust exposure, and to provide a scientific basis for the prevention and treatment of COPD caused by occupational factors.
methodsPubMed and Embase databases were used to search for original epidemiological literature related to theme. Both random and fixed effects models were used to calculate pooled odds ratios and their corresponding 95% confidence intervals. Review Manager was used to perform data analysis.
resultsNine studies were included in the meta-analysis in accordance with the inclusion criteria. There was a significantly obvious correlation between occupational dust exposure and COPD of the population-based studies assessed in this article. The risk of developing COPD for workers exposed to dust was 1.51 times higher than for controls (I = 40%, 95% confidence interval: 1.27-1.79). The presence of publication bias was not found.
conclusionThe study provided evidence supporting the association between occupational dust exposure and the risk of developing COPD.
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