Raw Milk Consumption and Other Early-Life Farm Exposures and Adult Pulmonary Function in the Agricultural Lung Health Study

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• Personal Author:
  Beane Freeman LE ; Cummings CB ; Hankinson, John L. ; Henneberger, Paul K. ; Hoppin JA ; House JS ; London SJ ; Long S ; O'Connell EL ; Richards M ; Sandler DP ; Umbach DM ; Wyss AB
• Description:
  Literature suggests that early exposure to the farming environment protects against atopy and asthma; few studies have examined pulmonary function. We evaluated associations between early-life farming exposures and pulmonary function in 3061 adults (mean age=63) from a US farming population using linear regression. Childhood raw milk consumption was associated with higher FEV1 (B=49.5 mL, 95% CI 2.8 to 96.1 mL, p=0.04) and FVC (B=66.2 mL, 95% CI 13.2 to 119.1 mL, p=0.01). We did not find appreciable associations with other earlylife farming exposures. We report a novel association between raw milk consumption and higher pulmonary function that lasts into older adulthood. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Asthma Dairy Products Environmental Exposure Family Farmers Lung Men Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Women

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural Products Bronchial Asthma Children Dairy Products Environmental Exposure Environmental Health Exposure Levels Families Farm Workers Humans Protective Measures Pulmonary Function Pulmonary System

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• ISSN:
  0040-6376
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; Maryland ; North Carolina ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  RHD - Respiratory Health Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  279-282
• Volume:
  73
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050007
• Citation:
  Thorax 2018 Mar; 73(3):279-282
• Contact Point Address:
  Dr. Stephanie J London, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, PO Box 12233, MD A3-05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
• Email:
  london2@niehs.nih.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Thorax
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:641595d8e6864c9e766b5447163c54562e4515d7b3f62ec3f95afbe73b63ebe1083df17b525295246162801e0f1795ccd4eb4dd0f17d09467cf1906abbd4e73b
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