Vapors, gases, dusts and fumes at work and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/bronchitis: a systematic review and meta-analyses
Victoria H. Arrandale, Yizhi Zhang, Wendy Lou, Andrea C. Tricco, Ambrose Lau, Ani Orchanian-Cheff, Paul K. Henneberger, Susan M. Tarlo · 2026
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Victoria H Arrandale and co-authors pool a 2026 systematic review and meta-analyses on workplace vapors, gases, dusts, and fumes as causes of chronic lung disease. An earlier thoracic society statement blamed work exposures for 13 to 15 percent of COPD. Searching five databases through February 2025, the team kept studies with at least fifteen exposed cases and a comparison group.
From 9,115 citations, 257 studies qualified, mostly cross-sectional and mostly fair quality. Exposed workers showed consistently higher risk: pooled estimates of 1.51 for spirometry-defined COPD and 1.83 for chronic bronchitis in the combined results. The link ran slightly stronger in non-smokers and weaker among women. The authors conclude workplace exposure adds to smoking's harm rather than merely overlapping it.
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| CREATOR | Victoria H. Arrandale, Yizhi Zhang, Wendy Lou, Andrea C. Tricco, Ambrose Lau, Ani Orchanian-Cheff, Paul K. Henneberger, Susan M. Tarlo |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37974 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |