Formal and Informal Sector Workers Care in Cameroon-Need for Equitable Protection Approach based on Rational Assessment of Risks and Exposures through Carpenter?s Respiratory System Assessment
Abstract:We explored respiratory symptoms in informal versus formal sector workers, in order to find out if there is rational reason for selective care towards the latters.
Methodology:This was a transversal analytic study comparing spirometry parameters of 35 carpenters from informal sector activity to 35 controls from official sector, all males, matched for body surface area, in Douala town in Cameroon, from March to May 2015. We performed spirometries and clinical examinations. We analysed data with spss V.22.
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