Employees in different types of work may be intentionally or accidentally exposed to biological
agents. Improved risk assessment is needed to identify opportunities to prevent work-…

Objectives To quantify associations between antimicrobial use and acquired resistance in
indicator Escherichia coli over a period of time which involved sector-wide antimicrobial use …

Fungal alpha-amylase is an important occupational allergen in the bakery industry. Epidemiologic
studies focusing on the relationship between alpha-amylase allergen exposure and …

Objectives In the Netherlands there is an ongoing debate regarding environmental health
risks of livestock farming for neighbouring residents. This explorative study aims to determine …

Objective Living in an area with a high density of livestock farms has been associated with
adverse respiratory health effects in some studies. As patients with COPD and asthma already …

Background Associations between acute respiratory inflammatory responses, changes in
bronchial hyperresponsiveness, serum pneumoprotein levels, and exposure to fire smoke …

Introduction and objectives. Odour annoyance forms the main source of environmental
stress in residents living in the proximity of animal feeding operations (AFOs) and it has been …

Objectives: MRSA emerged in livestock and persons in contact with livestock is referred to
as livestock-associated MRSA (LA-MRSA). We assessed the prevalence and risk factors for …

Background The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence and risk factors
associated with respiratory symptoms in common firefighters in the Netherlands. Methods A …

A cross-sectional study was performed among 2494 adults not living or working on a farm to
assess prevalence of Clostridium difficile (CD) colonization and risk factors in a livestock …