Animal production, insecticide use and self-reported symptoms and diagnoses of COPD, including chronic bronchitis, in the Agricultural Health Study.

CONCLUSION: Animal production work, including insecticide use, was positively associated with chronic bronchitis symptoms; but not consistently with COPD diagnosis alone. Our results support the need for further investigation into the role of animal production-related exposures in the etiology of COPD and better respiratory protection for agricultural workers.
PMID: 31029031 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Environment International - April 23, 2019 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Rinsky JL, Richardson DB, Kreiss K, Nylander-French L, Beane Freeman LE, London SJ, Henneberger PK, Hoppin JA Tags: Environ Int Source Type: research