Chapter 12. Agricultural Environments and the Food Industry

Jakob Hjort Bønløkke*, Torben Sigsgaard, Yvon Cormier

*Corresponding author for this work

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOccupational and Environmental Lung Diseases
Number of pages17
PublisherWiley
Publication date13 Aug 2010
Pages159-175
ISBN (Print)9780470515945
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13 Aug 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Agricultural dust, coarse - penetration beyond larynx limited, and symptoms restricted to upper airways
  • Common causes of allergic asthma - in agriculture and food processing
  • Exposure to airborne particles of organic material - cause of diversity of clinical conditions in all jobs
  • Farmer's lung, form of hypersensitivity pneumonitis - respiratory disease caused by an exaggerated immune response to inhaled antigens
  • HP in agriculture and food processing - depending on climate
  • Possible respiratory hazards in agriculture
  • Reactive airways dysfunction syndrome (RADS), organic dust toxic syndrome (ODTS) and hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP)
  • Seafood worker, prone to develop - different types of allergic respiratory diseases
  • Symptoms not related to allergen exposure
  • Work environment - agricultural environments and food industry

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