TY - JOUR T1 - Interaction of smoking with respiratory effects of occupational dust exposure: a prospective population study among Norwegian men JF - ERJ Open Research JO - erjor DO - 10.1183/23120541.00021-2018 VL - 4 IS - 2 SP - 00021-2018 AU - Tore Tynes AU - Eva Kristin Løvseth AU - Håkon A. Johannessen AU - Tom Sterud AU - Marit Skogstad Y1 - 2018/04/01 UR - http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/4/2/00021-2018.abstract N2 - Occupational exposure to airborne pollutants increases the risk of respiratory symptoms and diseases among workers [1]. There is, however, a lack of prospective studies addressing the temporal relationship between airborne dust at work and respiratory symptoms in the general working population. Such studies permit the calculation of the population attributable fraction [2, 3]. The attributable fraction of airborne pollutants at work to respiratory symptoms has not been estimated since 2003 [1]. As the labour market undergoes changes, there is a need for new prospective studies with updated estimates. We aimed to examine the prospective association between dust exposure and respiratory symptoms in the general working population of men. Further, we also aimed to examine if smoking is a possible effect modifier of the association between dust exposure and symptoms.Dust at work is associated with risk of respiratory symptoms, the population attributable fraction is 19, and smoking is an effect modifier http://ow.ly/w0RF30jUL2Z ER -