Occupation and pulmonary emphysema
Bengt Sjögren1, John Carstensen2, Lars-Gunnar
Hörte3, Nils Plato4
1Department of Occupational Health, Swedish National Institute
for Working Life, Solna
2Department of Health and Society University of Linköping
3Division of Social Medicine Department of Public Health Sciences
Karolinska Institute Sundbyberg and Department of Forensic Medicine Uppsala
University
4Department of Occupational Health Karolinska Hospital Stockholm
(1)Corresponding author: Dr. Bengt Sjögren
Department of Occupational Health, Swedish National Institute for Working
Life
S-171 84 Solna Sweden
Telephone: 46 8 730 93 40
Fax: 46 8 730 98 60
CEJOEM 1996, 2(4):379-386 (See Erratum)
Abstract: This study is a linkage of the 1960 Swedish
National Census and the Causes of Death Register from 1961–1970 in order
to investigate the relationship between occupation and death due to pulmonary
emphysema. The study only comprised men born 1901–1920 and smoking habits
in different occupational groups were taken into account. The only occupational
group showing an increased mortality due to pulmonary emphysema after adjusting
for smoking habits was the group containing agricultural, horticultural,
and forestry management. This group contained farmers, as owners or supervisors,
as its largest subgroup. The farming environment contains microorganisms
and endotoxins which may play a causative role via the release of proteolytic
enzymes.
Key words: Air pollutants, farmers, occupation, pulmonary emphysema.
Received: 13 September 1996
Accepted: 14 November 1996
Posted: 31 May 2000 |
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