Open AccessPesticide exposure and lung function: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Jate Ratanachina,
Sara De Matteis,
Paul Cullinan,
Peter Burney
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
occupational medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.509
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1471-8405
pISSN - 0962-7480
DOI - 10.1093/occmed/kqz161
Subject(s) - medicine , environmental health , vital capacity , exposure assessment , confounding , pulmonary function testing , systematic review , pesticide , meta analysis , medline , toxicology , lung function , lung , diffusing capacity , biology , biochemistry , agronomy
Epidemiological studies have reported associations between pesticide exposure and respiratory health effects, but the quantitative impact on lung function is unclear. To fill this gap, we undertook a systematic review of the available literature on the association between pesticide exposure and pulmonary function.
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