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Impacts of Intensive Livestock Production on Human Health in Densely Populated Regions

In several regions worldwide, the presence of livestock in close proximity to residential areas raises questions about public health implications. The rapid expansion of large‐scale livestock farms, increasingly interwoven with urbanized areas, and its potential impact on neighboring residents'...

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Autores principales: Smit, Lidwien A. M., Heederik, Dick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7007140/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32158992
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017GH000103
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description In several regions worldwide, the presence of livestock in close proximity to residential areas raises questions about public health implications. The rapid expansion of large‐scale livestock farms, increasingly interwoven with urbanized areas, and its potential impact on neighboring residents' health has hardly been accompanied by any research. The current situation in densely populated livestock farming areas could be regarded as a “natural experiment.” Most scientific and public health initiatives have focused on emerging zoonoses and antimicrobial resistance as potential health threats. In this commentary, we emphasize the importance of respiratory health effects of noninfectious air pollutant emissions from livestock farms.
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spelling pubmed-70071402020-03-10 Impacts of Intensive Livestock Production on Human Health in Densely Populated Regions Smit, Lidwien A. M. Heederik, Dick Geohealth Commentary In several regions worldwide, the presence of livestock in close proximity to residential areas raises questions about public health implications. The rapid expansion of large‐scale livestock farms, increasingly interwoven with urbanized areas, and its potential impact on neighboring residents' health has hardly been accompanied by any research. The current situation in densely populated livestock farming areas could be regarded as a “natural experiment.” Most scientific and public health initiatives have focused on emerging zoonoses and antimicrobial resistance as potential health threats. In this commentary, we emphasize the importance of respiratory health effects of noninfectious air pollutant emissions from livestock farms. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017-09-27 /pmc/articles/PMC7007140/ /pubmed/32158992 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017GH000103 Text en ©2017. The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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