Associations between pneumonia and residential distance to livestock farms over a five-year period in a large population-based study.

In a recent study of electronic health records (EHR) of general practitioners in a livestock-dense area in The Netherlands in 2009, associations were found between residential distance to poultry farms and the occurrence of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). In addition, in a recent cross-sectional...

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Main Authors: Dominika A Kalkowska, Gert Jan Boender, Lidwien A M Smit, Christos Baliatsas, Joris Yzermans, Dick J J Heederik, Thomas J Hagenaars
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6049940?pdf=render