Occupational factors in COPD and bronchitis

Poster Discussion
Chairs: Carl Reynolds (Fareham, United Kingdom), Chair to be confirmed

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Remote secondhand smoke exposure is associated with progressive airflow limitation during exercise Jeroen Geerts (Nijmegen, Netherlands), Jeroen Geerts, Wendy Ching, Sarah Dalton, Warren Gold, Mehrdad Arjomandi
Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) amongst farmers in rural India Rahul Kodgule (Pune, India), Jyoti Londhe, Rahul Kodgule, Sanjay Juvekar, Sapna Madas, Anurag Agrawal, Sundeep Salvi
Occupational organic dust exposure and risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Denmark Anne Vested (Aarhus C, Denmark), Anne Vested, Ioannis Basinas, Gunnar Toft, Hans Kromhout, Torben Sigsgaard, Henrik Albert Kolstad, Ane Marie Thulstrup, Inge Wouters, Dick Heederik, øyvind Omland, Gitte Jacobsen, Vivi Schlünssen
Irish farmers lung health study- A study of the respiratory health of the Irish farming population Breda Cushen (Kilkenny, Ireland), Breda Cushen, Noreen Donoghue, Donna Langan, Tara Cahill, Eimear Nic Donnacha, Olivia Healy, Fiona Keegan, Mark Browne, Imran Sulaiman, Anthony O’Regan
The effect of occupational farming on lung function development in young adults: A 15 year follow-up study Anneli Clea Bolund (Aarhus C, Denmark), Anneli C.S. Bolund, Martin R. Miller, Ioannis Basinas, Grethe Elholm, øyvind Omland, Torben Sigsgaard, Vivi Schlünssen
Occupational exposure and 4-year incidence of COPD among 45-84-year old Danes Else Würtz (Tjele, Denmark), Else Würtz, Vivi Schlünssen, Tine Malling, Charlotte Brasch-Andersen, Jens Georg Hansen, øyvind Omland
Chronic bronchitis and COPD among textile workers in Pakistan: Findings from a cross-sectional survey Ambreen Sahito (Karachi, Pakistan), Asaad Ahmed Nafees, Zafar Fatmi, Muhammad Masood Kadir, Nalini Sathiakumar, Ambreen Sahito
Work-related COPD risk in the population-based UK Biobank cohort study Sara De Matteis (London, United Kingdom), Sara De Matteis, Debbie Jarvis, Sally Hutchings, Lesley Rushton, Paul Cullinan
Chronic cough and phlegm in relation to occupational exposures in a prospective cohort study (ECRHS III) Theodore Lytras (Acharnes, Greece), Theodore Lytras, Hans Kromhout, Josep Maria Antó, Per Bakke, Geza Benke, Paul Blanc, Sandra Dorado, Johan Hellgren, Mathias Holm, Deborah Jarvis, Amar Jayant Mehta, David Miedinger, Maria C. Mirabelli, Dan Norbäck, Mario Olivieri, Vivi Schlünssen, Isabel Urrutia, Simona Villani, Manolis Kogevinas, Jan-Paul Zock
Spirometry in industrial workers for the early detection of COPD Tatsiana Rybina (Minsk, Belarus), Tatsiana Rybina, Volha Kardash, Igar Manichev, Victar Scherbitzky
Molecular and cytological features of occupational chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in subjects exposed to different environmental factors Lioubov Shpagina (Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russian Federation), Lioubov Shpagina, Olga Kotova, Ilya Shpagin, Oksana Gerasimenko
Effect of biomass exposure on lung function Baran Balcan (Istanbul, Turkey), Baran Balcan, Selcuk Akan, Berrin Ceyhan
Workplace exposures as risk factors for COPD, asthma and allergic rhinitis in Turkey (WORK-CAT study) Emel Kurt (Eskisehir, Turkey), Emel Kurt, Ahmet Ugur Demir, Peri Arbak, Fatma Evyapan, Tarkan Ozdemir, Unal Sahin, Elif Yilmazel Ucar
Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding occupational COPD among the pulmonologists and other physicians Marta Wiszniewska (Lodz, Poland), Marta Wiszniewska, Aneta Kleniewska, Diana Tymoszuk, Agnieszka Lipinska-Ojrzanowska, Jolanta Walusiak-Skorupa
A new web-based tool to collect and code lifetime job-histories in large population-based studies Sara De Matteis (London, United Kingdom), Sara De Matteis, Debbie Jarvis, Magda Wheatley, Alan Young, Heather Young, Lesley Rushton, Paul Cullinan
Asthma, COPD and the risk of disability pension - 11 year register-based follow-up study Irmeli Lindstrom (Helsinki, Finland), Irmeli Lindström, Ritva Luukkonen, Tuula Vasankari, Merja Kanervisto, Markku Heliövaara, Annette Kainu, Paula Pallasaho
Future job instability in older workers can be predicted by breathlessness and airflow obstruction Joanna Szram (London, United Kingdom), Joanna Szram, Susan Schofield, Paul Cullinan