Impact of farm modernity on the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in dairy farmers.

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Date publication

février 2016

Journal

Occupational and environmental medicine

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr THAON Isabelle


Tous les auteurs :
Marescaux A, Degano B, Soumagne T, Thaon I, Laplante JJ, Dalphin JC

Résumé

Dairy farming is associated with an excess of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The dairy industry has been changing for the past three decades with larger, more efficient farms and potentially less exposure to agents involved in COPD development. However, the impact of farm modernisation on COPD prevalence is unknown. We studied respiratory symptoms, respiratory function by spirometry and tobacco smoking in 575 male dairy farmers working either in traditional or in modern farms in the French Doubs region. COPD was defined by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) criterion (forced expiratory volume in 1 s/forced vital capacity (FEV1/FVC) <0.70) and by the Quanjer reference equation (FEV1/FVC

Mots clés

Agricultural Workers' Diseases, epidemiology, Air Pollutants, Occupational, adverse effects, Air Pollution, adverse effects, Animals, Dairying, Dust, Farmers, Forced Expiratory Volume, France, epidemiology, Humans, Lung, drug effects, Male, Middle Aged, Occupational Exposure, adverse effects, Prevalence, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, epidemiology, Risk Factors, Smoking, adverse effects, Spirometry, Vital Capacity, Work

Référence

Occup Environ Med. 2016 Feb;73(2):127-33