Respiratory Diseases in Farmers

Lidwien A.M. Smit

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-801238-3.11500-4

Respiratory Diseases in Farmers

Lidwien A.M. Smit^*

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IRAS OH Epidemiology Microbial Agents

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Abstract

Farmers are at risk of developing respiratory diseases due to multiple work-related exposures. This overview discusses exposures in the farm environment, such as organic dust, endotoxin, allergens, and pesticides, and the deleterious and protective effects on respiratory health associated with those exposures. Farmers are at risk of adult-onset asthma and work-related asthma symptoms, chronic bronchitis, airflow limitation, organic dust toxic syndrome, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, rhinitis, and zoonotic infections. Occupational exposure to certain pesticides may increase the risk of lung cancer in farmers. Conversely, organic dust exposure and livestock farming are associated with a lower occurrence of allergic rhinitis and atopic sensitization.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Respiratory Medicine, Second Edition
Editors	Sam Janes
Publisher	Academic Press
Pages	531-542
Number of pages	12
Volume	6
Edition	2
ISBN (Print)	978-0-08-102724-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-801238-3.11500-4
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2021

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Keywords

Allergy
Asthma
COPD
Endotoxin
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
Lung cancer
Organic dust
Pesticides
Respiratory infections
Zoonotic infections

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