Occupational exposure to organic dust increases lung cancer risk in the general population

Peters, Susan; Kromhout, Hans; Olsson, Ann C.; Wichmann, Heinz-Erich; Brüske, Irene; Consonni, Dario; Landi, Maria Teresa; Caporaso, Neil; Siemiatycki, Jack; Richiardi, Lorenzo; Mirabelli, Dario; Simonato, Lorenzo; Gustavsson, Per; Plato, Nils; Jöckel, Karl-Heinz; Ahrens, Wolfgang; Pohlabeln, Hermann; Boffetta, Paolo; Brennan, Paul; Zaridze, David; Cassidy, Adrian; Lissowska, Jolanta; Szeszenia-Dabrowska, Neonila; Rudnai, Peter; Fabianova, Eleonora; Forastiere, Francesco; Bencko, Vladimir; Foretova, Lenka; Janout, Vladimir; Stücker, Isabelle; Dumitru, Rodica Stanescu; Benhamou, Simone; Bueno-de-Mesquita, Bas; Kendzia, Benjamin; Pesch, Beate; Straif, Kurt; Brüning, Thomas und Vermeulen, Roel (February 2012): Occupational exposure to organic dust increases lung cancer risk in the general population. In: Thorax, Vol. 67, No. 2: pp. 111-116

Abstract

Organic dust is a complex mixture of particulate matter from microbial, plant or animal origin. Occupations with exposure to animal products have been associated with an increased lung cancer risk, while exposure to microbial components (eg, endotoxin) has been associated with a decreased risk. To date there has not been a comprehensive evaluation of the possible association between occupational organic dust exposure (and its specific constituents) and lung cancer risk in the general population.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Form of publication: Publisher's Version
• Faculties: Medicine
• Subjects: 600 Technology > 610 Medicine and health
• ISSN: 1468-3296
• Alliance/National Licence: This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.
• Language: English