Occupational exposures and incidence of chronic bronchitis and related symptoms over two decades: the European Community Respiratory Health Survey.
Theodore LytrasManolis KogevinasHans KromhoutAnne-Elie CarsinJosep Maria AntóHayat BentouhamiJoost WeylerJoachim HeinrichDennis NowakIsabel UrrutiaJesús Martínez-MoratallaJosé Antonio GullónAntonio Pereira VegaChantal Raherison SemjenIsabelle PinPascal DemolyBénédicte LeynaertSimona VillaniThorarinn GíslasonØistein SvanesMathias HolmBertil ForsbergDan NorbäckAmar J MehtaNicole Probst-HenschGeza BenkeRain JogiKjell TorénTorben SigsgaardVivi SchlünssenMario OlivieriPaul D BlancJohn WatkinsRoberto BonoA Sonia BuistRoel C H VermeulenDeborah JarvisJan-Paul ZockPublished in: Occupational and environmental medicine (2019)
Occupational exposures are associated with chronic phlegm and CB, and the evidence is strongest for metals and mineral dust exposure. The observed differences between men and women warrant further investigation.