| Document ID (ISN) | 73346 |
| CIS number |
99-1251 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1351-0711 - Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
1998 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Zock J.P., Heederik D., Doekes G. |
| Title |
Evaluation of chronic respiratory effects in the potato processing industry: Indications of a healthy worker effect? |
| Bibliographic information |
Dec. 1998, Vol.55, No.12, p.883-827. 39 ref. |
| Abstract |
Self reported chronic respiratory symptoms and spirometric lung function were assessed in a cross sectional study among 135 potato processing workers. Evident relations between current exposure indices and respiratory health in the entire group were not found. Workers employed ≤5 years showed a two-fold higher prevalence of respiratory symptoms, lower lung function, and higher endotoxin exposure than workers employed for >5 years. Also, atopy was more prevalent in workers employed ≤5 years. After stratification for duration of employment, negative effects of endotoxin on lung function among workers employed ≤ 5 years were suggested. This study does not show chronic respiratory effects of exposure to organic dust in the potato processing industry. A likely explanation for not detecting apparent effects might be that many symptomatic workers drop out of this industry a few years after starting the job, suggesting a healthy worker effect. Topics: antigens; bacterial toxins; chronic respiratory diseases; cross-sectional study; exposure evaluation; food industry; healthy worker effect; immunoglobulins; individual susceptibility; length of exposure; organic dust; pulmonary function; respiratory function tests; spirometry. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
healthy worker effect; organic dust; chronic respiratory diseases; food industry; pulmonary function |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
immunoglobulins; antigens; bacterial toxins; exposure evaluation; length of exposure; respiratory function tests; spirometry; individual susceptibility; cross-sectional study |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Netherlands |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Food industry
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