Document ID (ISN) | 76600 |
CIS number |
01-881 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0271-3586 - American Journal of Industrial Medicine |
Year |
2001 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Melbostad E., Eduard W. |
Title |
Organic dust-related respiratory and eye irritation in Norwegian farmers |
Bibliographic information |
Feb. 2001, Vol.39, No.2, p.209-217. Illus. 24 ref. |
Abstract |
To study the relationship between exposure to organic dust and work-related symptoms, 8,482 farmers and spouses were surveyed. Task-related respiratory and eye symptoms were recorded by questionnaire. Personal exposure to total dust, fungal spores, bacteria, endotoxins and ammonia during 12 different tasks was measured in a random sample of 127 farms. The prevalence of work-related symptoms occurring "often" was 31% and "seldom" 35%. Task mean exposures ranged from 0.04 to 2mg dust/m3, 0.02 x 106 to 2 x 106 fungal spores/m3, 0.2 x 106 to 48 x 106 bacteria/m3, 0.5 x 103 to 28 x 103 endotoxin units/m3, and 0 to 8 ppm ammonia. Task mean exposure levels were positively correlated with task-specific symptom prevalences for total dust, fungal spores and endotoxins, but not for bacteria and ammonia. |
Descriptors (primary) |
eye irritation; respiratory diseases; job-exposure relation; agriculture; organic dust |
Descriptors (secondary) |
spores; subjective assessment; Norway; frequency rates; bacteria; bacterial toxins; questionnaire survey; ammonia |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Country / State or Province | Norway |
Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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Broad subject area(s) |
Biological hazards
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Browse category(ies) |
Agriculture Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
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