Association of occupational pesticide exposure with accelerated longitudinal decline in lung function

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 179, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1323-1330

  De Jong, Kim ^a   Boezen, H Marike ^a   Kromhout, Hans ^b   Vermeulen, Roel ^b   Postma, Dirkje S ^a   Vonk, Judith M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

general population; longitudinal studies; lung; lung function decline; occupational exposure; pesticides; smoking

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

COHORT ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SMOKING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DUST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; FUME; GAS; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; VAPOR;

NETHERLANDS;

GENERAL POPULATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG; LUNG FUNCTION DECLINE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84901719576     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu053     Document Type: Article

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