The Association between Proximity to Animal Feeding Operations and Community Health: A Systematic Review

PLoS One

Danelle Bickett-Weddle¹  Jan M. Sargeant²  Susanna G. Von Essen³  Annette M. O'Connor⁴  Alejandro Ramirez⁴  Steve Kirkhorn⁵  Brent Auvermann⁶ 

[1] Center For Food Security/Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America;Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses, and Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada;Department of Environmental, Agricultural and Occupational Health, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America;Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America;National Farm Medicine Center, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America;Texas AgriLife Research, Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

关键词: Livestock;    Schools;    Allergies;    Veterinary diseases;    Swine;    Systematic reviews;    Asthma;    Database searching;   

DOI  :  10.1371/journal.pone.0009530

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Public Library of Science

【 摘 要 】

Background A systematic review was conducted for the association between animal feeding operations (AFOs) and the health of individuals living near AFOs.Methodology/Principal Findings The review was restricted to studies reporting respiratory, gastrointestinal and mental health outcomes in individuals living near AFOs in North America, European Union, United Kingdom, and Scandinavia. From June to September 2008 searches were conducted in PUBMED, CAB, Web-of-Science, and Agricola with no restrictions. Hand searching of narrative reviews was also used. Two reviewers independently evaluated the role of chance, confounding, information, selection and analytic bias on the study outcome. Nine relevant studies were identified. The studies were heterogeneous with respect to outcomes and exposures assessed. Few studies reported an association between surrogate clinical outcomes and AFO proximity. A negative association was reported when odor was the measure of exposure to AFOs and self-reported disease, the measure of outcome. There was evidence of an association between self-reported disease and proximity to AFO in individuals annoyed by AFO odor.Conclusions/Significance There was inconsistent evidence of a weak association between self-reported disease in people with allergies or familial history of allergies. No consistent dose response relationship between exposure and disease was observable.

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