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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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Occupational exposure to pesticides are associated with fixed airflow obstruction in middle-age
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  • Sheikh M Alif Allergy and Lung Health Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Shyamali C Dharmage Allergy and Lung Health Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Geza Benke Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Martine Dennekamp Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • John A Burgess Allergy and Lung Health Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jennifer L Perret Allergy and Lung Health Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Caroline J Lodge Allergy and Lung Health Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Stephen Morrison Department of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • David Peter Johns School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Graham G Giles Allergy and Lung Health Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Cancer Epidemiology and Intelligence Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Lyle C Gurrin Allergy and Lung Health Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Paul S Thomas Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • John Llewelyn Hopper Allergy and Lung Health Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Richard Wood-Baker School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Bruce R Thompson Allergy Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Iain H Feather Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport, Queensland, Australia Bond University, Robina, Queensland, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Roel Vermeulen Environmental Epidemiology Division, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Hans Kromhout Environmental Epidemiology Division, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • E Haydn Walters Allergy and Lung Health Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Michael J Abramson Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Melanie Claire Matheson Allergy and Lung Health Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Professor Shyamali C Dharmage, Head of the Allergy and Lung Health Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Population and Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Level 3, 207 Bouverie St, Carlton 3010; s.dharmage{at}unimelb.edu.au
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Alif SM, Dharmage SC, Benke G, et al
Occupational exposure to pesticides are associated with fixed airflow obstruction in middle-age
Thorax 2017;72:990-997.

Publication history

  • Received November 2, 2016
  • Revised April 24, 2017
  • Accepted May 1, 2017
  • First published July 7, 2017.
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September 01, 2022

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