Background: Exposure to animals, their feeds, and by-products contribute to respiratory
symptoms among farmers. Aims: To investigate the role of animal exposures and wheeze …

Farmers engage in activities that result in exposure to diesel exhaust, solvents, welding
fumes, and other respiratory irritants. Using the Agricultural Health Study, a cohort of …

In the 1700s, Bernardino Ramazzini was among the first to describe respiratory disease
among agricultural workers. Since then, farmers continue to have higher rates of respiratory …

Background Farmers are at risk for airways diseases resulting from exposures which include
organic agents and chemicals on the farm. Few data on airways disease and farm …

Pesticides are potential risk factors for respiratory disease among farmers, but farmers are
also exposed to other respiratory toxicants. To explore the association of pesticides with …

Background: Growing evidence suggests that pesticide use may contribute to respiratory
symptoms. Objective: We evaluated the association of currently used pesticides with allergic …

Farming and exposure to livestock have been proposed as protective against the
development of asthma in children. An ecological study was conducted to examine the …

A study of the respiratory health of grain farmers in Alberta, Canada was carried out in March
2002. Two populations were identified: members, in 1983, of a province-wide farm …

Large swine animal feeding operations (AFOs) have become the model of livestock
production throughout the United States. Epidemiological studies have consistently shown …

Pesticides may contribute to respiratory symptoms among farmers. Using the Agricultural
Health Study, a large cohort of certified pesticide applicators in Iowa and North Carolina, we …