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Occupational physical workload and risk of lung cancer and chronic respiratory diseases: a prospective cohort study of the UK Biobank - PubMed

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  • #respiratory diseases
  • #UK Biobank
  • #occupational health
  • High occupational physical workload is linked to significantly increased risks of lung cancer, COPD, asthma, and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
  • Each point increase in workload score raises risks by 10% for lung cancer, 11% for COPD, 4% for asthma, and 11% for IPF.
  • Reducing excessive occupational workload may serve as a preventive strategy against respiratory diseases.