Open AccessAccelerated lung function decline in an aluminium manufacturing industry cohort exposed to PM2.5: an application of the parametric g-formula
Author(s) -
Andreas M. Neophytou,
Sadie Costello,
Sally Picciotto,
Elizabeth M. Noth,
Sa Liu,
Liza Lutzker,
John R. Balmes,
Kenneth R. Hammond,
Mark R. Cullen,
Ellen A. Eisen
Publication year - 2019
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/oemed-2019-105908
Subject(s) - percentile , medicine , cohort , confounding , vital capacity , lung function , psychological intervention , cohort study , confidence interval , demography , environmental health , gerontology , lung , statistics , mathematics , diffusing capacity , psychiatry , sociology
Occupational dust exposure has been associated with accelerated lung function decline, which in turn is associated with overall morbidity and mortality. In the current study, we assess potential benefits on lung function of hypothetical interventions that would reduce occupational exposure to fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) while adjusting for the healthy worker survivor effect.