Respiratory Disorders, Skin Complaints, and Low-Back Trouble Among Tannery Workers in Kanpur, India

Öry, Ferko; Rahman, Fazlur; Katagade, V.

doi:10.1202/0002-8894(1997)058<0732:rdscal>2.0.co;2

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“…Physician examination was used to diagnose asthma but no objective tests were done to establish occupational etiology of asthma. Ory and colleagues estimated an asthma prevalence of 38% in tannery workers in a study conducted in Kanpur, India [5]. Lower prevalence found by Shukla et al is due to greater emphasis on clinical findings during medical examination.…”

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“…Varying prevalence of asthma (2.2% and 38%) among leather tannery workers in India has been reported previously [4,5], with moderate to high exposures at workplace to be significantly associated with asthma [5]. There is need to further study prevalence and risk factors of asthma in tannery workers to better account for asthma burden and to identify high risk exposures in factory environment for prevention purposes.…”

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Prevalence and determinants of asthma in adult male leather tannery workers in Karachi, Pakistan: A cross sectional study

2006

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Prevalence and determinants of asthma in adult male leather tannery workers in Karachi, Pakistan: A cross sectional study

2006

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“…In a study conducted among leather factory workers in Kanpur, India by authors Ory, Rahman and Katagade only the respiratory disorders, skin complaints and low back pain were discussed. 7 In another study conducted at Kanpur by Rastogi, Pandey, and Tripathi occupational health risks among leather factory workers emphasizing the morbidity pattern of various health factory workers were determined. 8 Other studies conducted in various leather factories emphasize more on respiratory illness of workers due to chemical exposure.…”

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Impact of workplace environment on health of leather factory workers

Yogaraj

Ravi

2017

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: The working environment and basic facilities available in the workplace have impact on physical and psychological health of leather workers. The objective was to study the effect of workplace environment on health of leather workers.Methods: A cross section study was carried out in eight permitted leather factories at rural area in Sripuram near Chromepet, Chennai. Using a pretested scheduled questionnaire, 230 workers were interviewed, their corresponding socio-demographic profile was collected and various health scores were recorded based on the general and physical examination. Scoring technique and student ‘t’ test was used to identify the correlation and degree of association between workplace environmental factors and health status of workers. Results: The scoring technique and correlation coefficient revealed an association between workplace health status and clinical symptoms (p<0.001), duration of work and clinical symptom scores (p=0.001), duration of work and workplace health (p<0.001), Workplace health status and occupation (t-test value 5.562, p<0.001), and facilities available and occupation (t value 3.758, p<0.001). Conclusions: The above results show the impact of workplace environment on the health status of workers and require adequate measure to improve the facilities and thereby the health status of workers.

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“…Semiquantitative estimates of dermal exposure were used in a study of adverse health effects among tannery workers (17,18). The assessment of skin exposure was based on a three-point scale of no contact with the agent of interest, moderate contact (infrequent skin contact with the agent, eg, contact occurred during specific activities that were not part of the daily work routine), and frequent contact (frequent skin contact, eg, regular contact was unavoidable due to the activities performed daily).…”

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