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SynthesisOccupational medicine (Oxford, England)2021

Occupational causes of hypersensitivity pneumonitis: a systematic review and compendium.

N Kongsupon, G I Walters, S S Sadhra

Open access · hybridAbstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Occupational medicine (Oxford, England), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Respiratory Diseases Associated With Organic Dust Exposure.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

N KongsuponInstitute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B152TT, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6975-9646
G I WaltersInstitute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B152TT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7436-2261
S S SadhraInstitute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B152TT, UK.
University of Birmingham · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is caused by a variety of antigens and low-molecular-weight chemicals, often through occupational exposure. Making a diagnosis of HP and identifying a cause are challenging. Cryptogenic cases are frequently reported, and missing or incomplete exposure histories can cause misclassification.

aimsTo provide an evidence-based compendium of sources of exposure and causes of HP for the clinician, through systematic review of medical literature.

methodsArticles related to HP causative agents and occupational exposure were searched from the databases OVID Medline (1946 to October 2020) and EMBASE (1974 to October 2020). Abstracts and full texts of articles were screened by two reviewers. Data on causative antigens, occupational source of exposure and any associated eponymous name were extracted and grouped according to source of exposure.

resultsA total of 1790 articles were identified, from which 305 articles met the inclusion criteria. An additional 22 articles were identified from citation lists of the selected review articles. Sources of exposure identified for HP were sorted into 14 categories of work (agricultural, plant matter processing, wood, animal-related, foodstuff, food processing, metal processing, polymers, other manufacturing, chemicals, aerosolized water, service, waste and sewage and wind instruments).

conclusionsThis work is a comprehensive list of occupational causative agents and exposures causing HP. Cases are grouped by source of exposure, allowing an immediately accessible compendium of causes for use during occupational exposure assessment, which could also form the basis for a clinical questionnaire.

Indexed as

Alveolitis, Extrinsic AllergicOccupational DiseasesOccupational ExposureHumansAetiologyextrinsic allergic alveolitisoccupational diseaseoccupational exposureoccupational health

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PMID34370035
PMCPMC8486273
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