Radon K, Nowak D
Institut und Poliklinik für Arbeits- und Umweltmedizin, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
Pneumologie. 2003 Aug;57(8):444-8. doi: 10.1055/s-2003-41545.
Farming is still one of the most important economic sectors in the world. At the same time, a high prevalence of respiratory diseases in farmers is well known. Among these, allergic and non-allergic asthma, chronic bronchitis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis and organic dust toxic syndrome (ODTS) are of uppermost importance. Because of the large variety of agriculture across Europe exposure conditions and risk factors for airway diseases may vary largely. While exposure to organic dusts and irritants are most important in grain and animal production, workers in greenhouses are mainly exposed to pollen, fungi, as well as pesticides. Up to now, the knowledge about the prevalence of respiratory diseases in European farmers working in different agricultural sectors was limited. Furthermore, reliable data on farming characteristics as well as exposure patterns that might prone risk factors for respiratory diseases were missing. Therefore, the European Farmers' Project was initiated. The results of this study are given in the second part of this paper.
农业仍然是世界上最重要的经济部门之一。与此同时，农民中呼吸系统疾病的高患病率是众所周知的。其中，过敏性和非过敏性哮喘、慢性支气管炎、过敏性肺炎和有机粉尘中毒综合征（ODTS）最为重要。由于欧洲各地农业种类繁多，气道疾病的暴露条件和风险因素可能有很大差异。虽然在谷物和动物生产中接触有机粉尘和刺激物最为重要，但温室中的工人主要接触花粉、真菌以及农药。到目前为止，关于在不同农业部门工作的欧洲农民中呼吸系统疾病患病率的知识有限。此外，缺少关于可能引发呼吸系统疾病风险因素的农业特征以及暴露模式的可靠数据。因此，启动了欧洲农民项目。本研究的结果在本文第二部分给出。
