Interaction of smoking with respiratory effects of occupational dust exposure: a prospective population study among Norwegian men

Tore Tynes; Eva Kristin Løvseth; Håkon A Johannessen; Tom Sterud; Marit Skogstad

doi:10.1183/23120541.00021-2018

Interaction of smoking with respiratory effects of occupational dust exposure: a prospective population study among Norwegian men

ERJ Open Res. 2018 Jun 26;4(2):00021-2018. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00021-2018. eCollection 2018 Apr.

Authors

Tore Tynes¹, Eva Kristin Løvseth¹, Håkon A Johannessen¹, Tom Sterud¹, Marit Skogstad²

Affiliations

¹ National Institute of Occupational Health, Dept of National Surveillance System for Work Environment and Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway.
² National Institute of Occupational Health, Dept of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology, Oslo, Norway.

Abstract

Dust at work is associated with risk of respiratory symptoms, the population attributable fraction is 19, and smoking is an effect modifier http://ow.ly/w0RF30jUL2Z.