Open AccessPesticides and other agricultural factors associated with self-reported farmer's lung among farm residents in the Agricultural Health Study
Author(s) -
Jane A. Hoppin,
David M. Umbach,
Greg Kullman,
Paul K. Henneberger,
Stephanie J. London,
Michael C.R. Alavanja,
Dale P. Sandler
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
occupational and environmental medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.458
H-Index - 141
eISSN - 1470-7926
pISSN - 1351-0711
DOI - 10.1136/oem.2006.028480
Subject(s) - environmental health , medicine , agriculture , logistic regression , occupational lung disease , cross sectional study , pesticide , toxicology , occupational exposure , geography , biology , agronomy , archaeology , pathology
Farmer's lung, or hypersensitivity pneumonitis, is an important contributor to respiratory morbidity among farmers.