Farm Work-Related Asthma Among US Primary Farm Operators

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• Alternative Title:
  J Agromedicine
• Personal Author:
  Mazurek, Jacek M. ; White, Gretchen E. ; Rodman, Chad ; Schleiff, Patricia L.
• Description:
  The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of current asthma and the proportion of current asthma that is related to work on the farm among primary farm operators. The 2011 Farm and Ranch Safety Survey data were used to produce estimates and prevalence odds ratios. An estimated 5.1% of farm operators had asthma. Of these, 15.4% had farm work-related asthma. Among operators with farm work-related asthma, 54.8% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 41.8%-68.2%) had an asthma attack in the prior 12 months and 33.3% (95% CI: 21.2%-45.4%) had an asthma attack that occurred while doing farm work. Of those who had an asthma attack that occurred while doing farm work, 65.0% associated their asthma attack with plant/tree materials. This study provides updated information on asthma and the proportion of current asthma that is related to work on the farm and identifies certain groups of farm operators that might benefit from workplace asthma prevention intervention.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Agricultural Workers' Diseases Asthma Asthma, Occupational Farmers Female Health Surveys Humans Male Middle Aged Occupational Exposure United States Young Adult

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• Keywords:
  Agriculture Asthma Epidemiology Health Surveys Occupational Health
• Source:
  J Agromedicine. 20(1):31-42
• Pubmed ID:
  25635741
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4524345
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  20
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:493f6db10d99f02ef04f398247861ee029fbdf9aec3dfb4233af43a1a753f16e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/32613/cdc_32613_DS1.pdf
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