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Alternative Title:
Curr Opin Pulm Med
Personal Author:
Nordgren, Tara M. ; Bailey, Kristina L.
Nordgren, Tara M. ; Bailey, Kristina L. Less -
Description:
Purpose of review

Occupational exposures in the agricultural industry are associated with numerous lung diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, lung cancer and interstitial lung diseases. Efforts are ongoing to ascertain contributing factors to these negative respiratory outcomes and improve monitoring of environmental factors leading to disease. In this review, recently published studies investigating the deleterious effects of occupational exposures in the agricultural industry are discussed.

Recent findings

Occupational exposures to numerous agricultural environment aerosols, including pesticides, fungi, and bacteria are associated with impaired respiratory function and disease. Increases in certain farming practices, including mushroom and greenhouse farming, present new occupational exposure concerns. Improved detection methods may provide opportunities to better monitor safe exposure levels to known lung irritants.

Summary

In the agricultural industry, occupational exposures to organic and inorganic aerosols lead to increased risk for lung disease amongst workers. Increased awareness of respiratory risks and improved monitoring of agricultural environments are necessary to limit pulmonary health risks to exposed populations.


Subjects:
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Aerosols Agriculture Air Pollutants, Occupational Animals Article Humans Lung Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Exposures Pulmonary Health
Source:
Curr Opin Pulm Med. 22(2):144-149
Pubmed ID:
26761627
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC4764055
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
F32 ES022913/ES/NIEHS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; K08AA019503/AA/NIAAA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; K08 AA019503/AA/NIAAA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U54 OH010162/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; F32ES022913/ES/NIEHS NIH HHSUnited States/
F32 ES022913/ES/NIEHS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; K08AA019503/AA/NIAAA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; K08 AA019503/AA/NIAAA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U54 OH010162/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; F32ES022913/ES/NIEHS NIH HHSUnited States/ Less -
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CDC Public Access
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:f040517af6c2fd39767b9cbaae695449dd91bfdda9cade44be0a3c5fc52a698f
Download URL:
https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/113133/cdc_113133_DS1.pdf
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