SUPPLEMENT: AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY: RESPIRATORY HEALTH HAZARDS IN AGRICULTURE

SUPPLEMENT: AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY: RESPIRATORY HEALTH HAZARDS IN AGRICULTURE CONTENTS 1. Overview History S1 The Agricultural Workforce S1 Spectrum of Exposures and Respiratory Effects S2 Healthy Worker Effect S3 Smoking in Agricultural Populations S3 Rural Health Care Issues S4 Global Issues S4 2. Exposures in Agricultural Populations Affecting Respiratory Health Introduction S4 Inorganic Dust Exposure S5 Organic Dust and Its Constituents S6 Microorganisms S7 Mycotoxins: Fungal Toxins S8 Endotoxins S8 Other Microbial Products S10 Bioallergen Exposure and Type I Allergy S10 Decomposition Gases S12 Silo Gas Exposure S13 Miscellaneous Chemical Exposures S14 Pesticides S15 Disinfectants S16 Modern Fertilizers S17 Feed Additives S17 Areas for Future Research S18 3. Airway Disorders Introduction S18 Upper Airway Responses S18 Asthma S20 Asthma-like Syndrome S23 Toxic Gas Inhalation S25 Chronic Airway Disease and Pulmonary Mortality S28 Areas for Future Research S31 4. Interstitial Lung Disease Introduction S31 Organic Dust Toxic Syndrome S31 Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis S35 Interstitial Fibrosis S41 Areas for Future Research S46 5. Agricultural Respiratory Infections Introduction S46 Selected Respiratory Infections S49 Preventive Strategies S51 Areas for Future Research S52 6. Respiratory Disease in Industrializing Countries Definition and Overview S52 Exposures S53 Pathogenesis S54 Extent of the Problem S54 Clinical Features S55 Natural History S55 Areas for Future Research S55 7. Agricultural Respiratory Disease: Synthesis S55 Summary S56 References S57 CONTENTS November 1998 Volume 158 Number 5 Part 2

SUPPLEMENT: AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY: RESPIRATORY HEALTH HAZARDS IN AGRICULTURE

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