Longitudinal decline in lung function in former asbestos exposed workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-21

  Algranti, Eduardo ^a   Mendonca̧, Elizabete Medina Coeli ^a   Hnizdo, Eva ^b   De Capitani, Eduardo Mello ^c   Freitas, Jefferson Benedito Pires ^d   Raile, Vilton ^d   Bussacos, Marco A ^a  

^a CST GmbH   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d CEREST   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; BODY MASS; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LATENT PERIOD; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA THICKENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; BODY MASS INDEX; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84871742768     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2012-100715     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Becklake MR. Asbestos-related diseases of the lungs and pleura: current clinical issues. Am Rev Respir Dis 1982;126:187-94. (Pubitemid 12047073)
2. Straif K, Benbrahim-Tallaa L, Baan R, et al. A review of human carcinogens - part C: metals, arsenic, dusts, and fibres. Lancet Oncol 2009;10:453-4.
3. Wright JL, Churg A. Severe diffuse small airways abnormalities in long term chrysotile asbestos miners. Br J Ind Med 1985;42:556-9. (Pubitemid 15037259)
4. Roggli VL, Gibbs AR, Attanoos R, et al. Pathology of asbestosis - an update of the diagnostic criteria: report of the asbestosis committee of the college of American pathologists and pulmonary pathology society. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2010;134:462-80.
5. Jodoin G, Gibbs GW, Macklem PT, et al. Early effects of asbestos exposure on lung function. Am Rev Respir Dis 1971;104:525-35.
6. Weill H, Ziskind MM, Waggenspack C, et al. Lung function consequences of dust exposure in asbestos cement manufacturing plants. Arch Environ Health 1975;30:88-97.
7. Kilburn KH, Warshaw RH, Einstein K, et al. Airway disease in non-smoking asbestos workers. Arch Environ Health 1985;40:293-5. (Pubitemid 16161511)
8. Algranti E, Mendonca EM, DeCapitani EM, et al. Non-malignant asbestos-related diseases in Brazilian asbestos-cement workers. Am J Ind Med 2001;40:240 -54.
9. Siracusa A, Cicioni C, Volpi R, et al. Lung function among asbestos cement factory workers: cross-sectional and longitudinal study. Am J Ind Med 1984;5(4):315-25. (Pubitemid 14142111)
10. Ohlson CG, Bodin L, Rydman T, et al. Ventilatory decrements in former asbestos cement workers: a four year follow up. Br J Ind Med 1985;42:612-6. (Pubitemid 15015379)
11. Wang X, Wang M, Qiu H, et al. Longitudinal changes in pulmonary function of asbestos workers. J Occup Health 2010;52:272-7.
12. Wang ML, Gunel E, Petsonk EL. Design strategies for longitudinal spirometry studies: study duration and measurement frequency. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;162:2134-8. (Pubitemid 32051676)
13. Hnizdo E, Yu L, Freyder L, et al. The precision of longitudinal lung function measurements: monitoring and interpretation. Occup Environ Med 2005;62:695-701. (Pubitemid 41360895)
14. Hnizdo E, Sircar K, Yan T, et al. Limits of longitudinal decline for the interpretation of annual changes in FEV1 in individuals. Occup Environ Med 2007;64:701-7. (Pubitemid 47488098)
15. Pereira CAC, Lemle A, Algranti E, et al. I Consenso Brasileiro sobre Espirometria. J Pneumol 1996;22:105-64.
16. Pereira CAC, Barreto SP, Simões JG, et al. Valores de referência para espirometria em uma amostra da população brasileira adulta. J Pneumol 1992;18:10-22.
17. Hnizdo E, Glindmeyer HW, Petsonk EL. Workplace spirometry monitoring for respiratory disease prevention: a methods review. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2010;14:796-805.
18. Freitas JBP. Doença pleural em trabalhadores da indústria do cimento-amianto (MSc Dissertation). São Paulo: University of São Paulo, 2001.
19. Hnizdo E, Yan T, Hakobyan A, et al . Spirometry Longitudinal Data Analysis Software (SPIROLA) for analysis of spirometry data in workplace prevention or COPD treatment. Open Med Inform J 2010;4:94-102.
20. Eisen EA, Robins JM, Greaves IA, et al. Selection effects of repeatability criteria applied to lung spirometry. Am J Epidemiol 1984;120:734-42. (Pubitemid 15207644)
21. Fell AK, Sikkeland LI, Svendsen MV, et al. Airway inflammation in cement production workers. Occup Environ Med 2010;67:395-400.
22. Fell AK, Noto H, Skogstad M, et al. A cross-shift study of lung function, exhaled nitric oxide and inflammatory markers in blood in Norwegian cement production workers. Occup Environ Med 2011;68:799-805.
23. Abrons HL, Petersen MR, Sanderson WT, et al. Symptoms, ventilatory function, and environmental exposures in Portland cement workers. Br J Ind Med 1988;45:368-75.
24. Fell AK, Thomassen TR, Kristensen P, et al. Respiratory symptoms and ventilatory function in workers exposed to portland cement dust. J Occup Environ Med 2003;45:1008-14. (Pubitemid 37140048)
25. Rasmussen FV, Borchsenius L, Holstein B, et al. Lung function and long-term exposure to cement dust. Scand J Respir Dis 1977;58:252-64. (Pubitemid 8244828)
26. Saric M, Kalacic I, Holetic A. Follow-up of ventilatory lung function in a group of cement workers. Br J Ind Med 1976;33:18-24.
27. Noor H, Yap CL, Zolkepli O, et al. Effect of exposure to dust on lung function of cement factory workers. Med J Malaysia 2000;55:51-7.
28. Mwaiselage J, Bratveit M, Moen B, et al. Cement dust exposure and ventilatory function impairment: an exposure-response study. J Occup Environ Med 2004;46:658-67. (Pubitemid 38938242)
29. Dement JM, Welch L, Ringen K, et al . Airways obstruction among older construction and trade workers at Department of Energy nuclear sites. Am J Ind Med 2010;53:224-40.
30. Burrows B, Lebowitz MD, Camilli AE, et al. Longitudinal changes in forced expiratory volume in one second in adults. Methodologic considerations and findings in healthy nonsmokers. Am Rev Respir Dis 1986;133:974-80. (Pubitemid 16089997)
31. Sherrill DL, Lebowitz MD, Knudson RJ., et al Continuous longitudinal regression equations for pulmonary function measures. Eur Respir J 1992;5(4):452-62.
32. McKay RT, LeMasters GK, Hilbert TJ., et al A long term study of pulmonary function among US refractory ceramic fibre workers. Occup Environ Med 2011;68:89-95.
33. Siracusa A, Forcina A, Volpi R, et al. An 11-year longitudinal study of the occupational dust exposure and lung function of polyvinyl chloride, cement and asbestos cement factory workers. Scand J Work Environ Health 1988;14:181-8.
34. Nakadate T. Decline in annual lung function in workers exposed to asbestos with and without pre-existing fibrotic changes on chest radiography. Occup Environ Med 1995;52:368-73.
35. Glencross PM, Weinberg JM, Ibrahim JG, et al. Loss of lung function among sheet metal workers: ten-year study. Am J Ind Med 1997;32:460-6. (Pubitemid 27419247)
36. Eisner MD, Anthonisen N, Coultas D, et al. An official American Thoracic Society public policy statement: novel risk factors and the global burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2010;182:693-718.
37. Balmes J, Becklake M, Blanc P, et al. American Thoracic Society Statement: occupational contribution to the burden of airway disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2003;167:787-97.
38. Algranti E, Freitas JB, Mendonca EM, et al. Asbestos-related pleural thickening is independently associated with lower levels of lung function and with shortness of breath. Inhal Toxicol 2000;12(Suppl 3):251-60.
39. Thyagarajan B, Jacobs DR Jr, Apostol GG, et al . Longitudinal association of body mass index with lung function: the CARDIA study. Respir Res 2008;9:31.
40. Wang ML, McCabe L, Petsonk EL, et al. Weight gain and longitudinal changes in lung function in steel workers. Chest 1997;111:1526-32. (Pubitemid 27260077)
41. Watson L, Vonk JM, Lofdahl CG, et al. Predictors of lung function and its decline in mild to moderate COPD in association with gender: results from the Euroscop study. Respir Med 2006;100:746-53. (Pubitemid 43285764)
42. Marcon A, Corsico A, Cazzoletti L, et al. Body mass index, weight gain, and other determinants of lung function decline in adult asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2009;123:1069-74, 74 e1-4.
43. Alfonso HS, Fritschi L, de Klerk NH, et al. Effects of asbestos and smoking on the levels and rates of change of lung function in a crocidolite exposed cohort in Western Australia. Thorax 2004;59:1052-6. (Pubitemid 39573924)