A nationwide follow-up study of occupational organic dust exposure and risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Anne VestedIoannis BasinasAlex BurdorfGrethe ElholmDick J J HeederikGitte H JacobsenHenrik A KolstadHans KromhoutØyvind OmlandTorben SigsgaardAne M ThulstrupGunnar ToftJesper M VestergaardInge M WoutersVivi SchlünssenPublished in: Occupational and environmental medicine (2018)
Our findings show no increased risk of COPD with increasing occupational exposure to organic dust in the farming or wood industry. Potential residual confounding by smoking can, however, not be ruled out.