Open AccessAssociation of birthplace and occupational exposures with chronic bronchitis in US Hispanics/Latinos, 2008–2011
Author(s) -
Victor Kim,
Wei Wang,
David M. Mannino,
Alejandro A. Díaz
Publication year - 2020
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-2019-106081
Subject(s) - chronic bronchitis , medicine , demography , logistic regression , population , bronchitis , environmental health , gerontology , sociology
In the US, chronic bronchitis (CB) is common and is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Data on CB in the Hispanic/Latino population-a large, diverse US minority-are scarce. We aimed to test whether the prevalence of CB varies across Hispanic/Latino heritages and to identify CB risk factors, including occupational exposures, in this population.