| Document ID (ISN) | 51655 |
| CIS number |
89-826 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0007-1072 - British Journal of Industrial Medicine |
| Year |
1989 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Donham K., Haglind P., Peterson Y., Rylander R., Belin L. |
| Title |
Environmental and health studies of farm workers in Swedish swine confinement buildings |
| Bibliographic information |
Jan. 1989, Vol.46, No.1, p.31-37. Illus. 29 ref. |
| Abstract |
The relation between the health of workers and the environment in swine confinement buildings was investigated in a study of 57 workers on 30 swine farms in southern Sweden and 55 matched controls. Swine workers reported significantly higher frequencies of respiratory symptoms, more frequent colds and absence due to chest illness, and a history of pneumonia. The increased frequency of symptoms of respiratory disease was related to the number of years and length of the day spent working with swine. Symptoms were also associated with respirable dust, total dust, endotoxin in total dust, and number of microbes in the air of the work environment. In a multiple regression analysis of the relation between 16 different environmental parameters to work period shifts of 5 pulmonary function parameters, endotoxin was found to be significantly related to the FEV1 in a dose dependent way. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
livestock rearing; swine; environmental pollution; morbidity; multifactor aetiology |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
Sweden; microorganisms; epidemiologic study; respirable dust; respiratory diseases |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Industries and occupations
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Livestock rearing
Environmental pollution
Animal hazards
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