Residential proximity to livestock animals and mortality from respiratory diseases in The Netherlands: A prospective census-based cohort study

Background: There is increasing evidence of associations between residential proximity to livestock farms and respiratory morbidity, but less is known about potential effects on respiratory mortality among residents. Objectives: We aimed to assess potential associations between respiratory mortality and residential proximity to (intensive) livestock farming. Methods: In DUELS, a national census-based cohort, we selected all inhabitants from rural and semi-urban areas of the Netherlands, aged ≥30 years and living at the same address for five years up to baseline (2004). We followed these ∼4 mil... Mehr ...