Associations between medication use for asthma and COPD and proximity of livestock farms in the Netherlands

TPS 751: Farms, antibiotics, infections, Exhibition Hall, Ground floor, August 26, 2019, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Background: Inverse associations between asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and proximity to livestock farms were found in previous studies in the southeast of the Netherlands. We aimed to study the association with asthma or COPD medication dispenses, using nation-wide registry data and additional measures of exposure....