Respiratory Symptoms and Lung Function in Poultry Confinement Workers in Western Canada

Shelley P Kirychuk; Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan; James A Dosman; Victor Juorio; John JR Feddes; Philip Willson; Henry Classen; Stephen J Reynolds; Wilhelm Guenter; Thomas S Hurst

doi:10.1155/2003/109679

Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2003)

Respiratory Symptoms and Lung Function in Poultry Confinement Workers in Western Canada

Shelley P Kirychuk,
Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan,
James A Dosman,
Victor Juorio,
John JR Feddes,
Philip Willson,
Henry Classen,
Stephen J Reynolds,
Wilhelm Guenter,
Thomas S Hurst

Affiliations

Shelley P Kirychuk: Institute of Agricultural Rural and Environmental Health, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan: Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
James A Dosman: Institute of Agricultural Rural and Environmental Health, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Victor Juorio: Institute of Agricultural Rural and Environmental Health, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
John JR Feddes: Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Philip Willson: Veterinary Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Henry Classen: Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Stephen J Reynolds: Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collin, Colorado, USA
Wilhelm Guenter: Department of Animal Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Thomas S Hurst: Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2003/109679
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 7
pp. 375 – 380

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether poultry production methods impact respiratory health, and whether poultry farmers have more respiratory symptoms and lower lung function than comparison control groups.

Published in Canadian Respiratory Journal

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7503

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