Association of occupational dust exposure with combined chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pneumoconiosis: a cross-sectional study in China

• Published in: BMJ open Vol. 10; no. 9; p. e038874
• Main Authors: Fan, Yali, Xu, Wenjing, Wang, Yuanying, Wang, Yiran, Yu, Shiwen, Ye, Qiao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 09.09.2020; BMJ Publishing Group
• Series: Original research
• Subjects: Airway management; Bronchodilators; China - epidemiology; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Coal Mining; Cross-Sectional Studies; Demographics; Dust; Hospitals; Humans; Lung diseases; Occupational Diseases; Occupational Exposure - adverse effects; Patients; Pneumoconiosis - diagnostic imaging; Pneumoconiosis - epidemiology; Population; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - epidemiology; Regression analysis; Respiratory Medicine; Risk factors; Silicosis; Smoking; Spirometry; Tomography; Tuberculosis; China; Beijing China; occupational & industrial medicine; interstitial lung disease; chronic airways disease

Occupational dust exposure may induce various lung diseases, including pneumoconiosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The features of combined COPD and pneumoconiosis have not been well described, and this may hamper the management. This study aimed to describe the prevalence and c...