title: Consequences of respiratory exposures in the farm environment.
abstract: Depending on the type of farming practice, respiratory symptoms are common among agricultural workers. Farmers are at risk for pulmonary illnesses, including chronic bronchitis, organic dust toxic syndrome, farmer's lung diseases, allergic and nonallergic asthma, nasal irritation and polyps, and chemical pneumonitis.
authors.affiliation: Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, NC Division of Public Health, 1912 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699, USA. rick.langley@dhhs.nc.gov
authors.forename: Ricky L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Langley
mesh_terms: D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D000383:Agriculture; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000517:prevention & control; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology