Avian exposure and bronchogenic carcinoma.

Gardiner, A. J. S.; Forey, Barbara; P, Lee

doi:10.1136/bmj.305.6860.989

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“…The finding by Holst et al [22] of a highly significant increased risk of lung cancer in households in which cer tain types of bird, particularly canaries and budgerigars (parakeets), are kept as indoor pets, and the confirmation of this finding by other investigators [23,24], is clearly something which should not be ignored. Knowing that the keeping of pet birds in the house is a source of antigens which can give rise to asthma in atopic persons, one won ders whether other sources of antigens e.g.…”

Section: Upper Respiratory Infectionssupporting

confidence: 49%

Priorities for Research in the Field of Indoor Air Pollution

Roe¹

1994

Indoor Built Environ

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At present, priorities are determined by the availability of research methods and facilities geared to selected kinds of research, the special interests of scientists, political activists and the vendors of indoor ventilation systems. However, priorities should be determined on the basis of a realistic appraisal of the incidence and severity of disease attributable to poor indoor air quality. Lists of priorities determined on this latter basis differ widely according to climate, location and affluence. In wealthy Western countries with temperate climates, exposure to the allergenic faeces of bed mites is the most serious and widespread health problem. In cities in developing countries with hot climates, the mixing of indoor air with outdoor air polluted by traffic and industrial fumes is usually the most serious single problem. By contrast, in poor cold locations, exposure to carbon monoxide and heating and cooking fumes in poorly ventilated or wholly unventilated dwellings comes to the top of the problem list. Further research on sick building syndrome, radon, formaldehyde, fibrous dusts and environmental tobacco smoke merits little priority in relation to the most serious indoor air quality problems found in developing countries.

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Section: Upper Respiratory Infectionssupporting

confidence: 49%

Priorities for Research in the Field of Indoor Air Pollution

Roe¹

1994

Indoor Built Environ

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“…1 Although the relation between respiratory Chlamydia psittaci infection (avian exposure) and female lung cancer remains open, [2][3][4] C. pneumoniae infection has been repeatedly shown to be associated with lung cancer in male smokers as defined by serum cotinine. [5][6][7] We have now evaluated the association between past infection with C. pneumoniae and female lung cancer in a case-control study nested in a cohort of 650,000 fertile Finnish women established in 1983.…”

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Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and the risk of female early‐onset lung cancer

Anttila

Koskela²,

Leinonen³

et al. 2003

Intl Journal of Cancer

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“…Five studies have examined whether keeping pet birds in the home is an independent risk factor for lung cancer (156)(157)(158)(159)(160). The earliest of these studies reported a 6.7-fold risk of lung cancer associated with bird keeping, after adjustment for smoking and vitamin C intake (156).…”

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confidence: 99%