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Respiratory symptoms among Swedish soldiers after military service abroad: association with time spent in a desert environment
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- Saers, Johannes (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Lung- allergi- och sömnforskning
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- Ekerljung, Linda, 1979 (författare)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för invärtesmedicin och klinisk nutrition,Institute of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition,Univ Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska Acad, Dept Internal Med & Clin Nutr, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Forsberg, Bertil (författare)
- Umeå universitet,Yrkes- och miljömedicin,Umea Univ, Dept Publ Hlth & Clin Med, Occupat & Environm Med, Umea, Sweden.
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- Janson, Christer (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Lung- allergi- och sömnforskning
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- 2017-05-31
- 2017
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: European Clinical Respiratory Journal. - : Informa UK Limited. - 2001-8525. ; 4:1
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Abstract
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- Introduction: The aim of this paper was to study whether Swedish soldiers who have served abroad had a higher prevalence of respiratory symptoms than the general population and, if this was the case, also to study whether this was associated with time spent in a desert environment. Methods: The prevalence of respiratory symptoms among 1,080 veterans from Kosovo and Afghanistan was compared with that in almost 27,000 subjects from a general population sample, using propensity score matching and logistic regression. Results: The prevalence of wheeze (16.3 vs. 12.3%), wheeze without a cold (11.1 vs. 8.0%), nocturnal coughing (26.6 vs. 20.1%) and chronic bronchitis (12.3 vs. 6.8%) was significantly higher among soldiers than controls (p < 0.05). A dose-response-related association was found between time spent in a desert environment and wheeze, wheeze with breathlessness and wheeze when not having a cold. Having been exposed to desert storms was related to nocturnal cough and chronic bronchitis. Conclusion: Swedish soldiers who had served abroad had a higher prevalence of wheeze and cough than a control group from the general population. The association between being exposed to a desert environment and respiratory symptoms indicates that further protective measures should be introduced for military personnel serving in a desert environment.
Ämnesord
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Lungmedicin och allergi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Respiratory Medicine and Allergy (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Asthma
- wheeze
- cough
- military
- desert
- particulate matter
- air-pollution
- afghanistan
- iraq
- asthma
- ambient
- operations
- particles
- illness
- health
- Respiratory System
- Asthma
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- ref (ämneskategori)
- art (ämneskategori)
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