Respiratory symptoms and ventilatory function in confectionery workers.

Zuśkin, E; Mustajbegović, Jadranka; Schachter, E. Neil; Kern, Josipa

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“…The predicted PEFR of control group workers working in the same footwear unit is also significantly higher than the observed value. This observation is in cor-roboration with the study of Zuskin et al (1996), where they observed that the measured ventilatory capacity values in exposed workers were significantly lower in comparison with the predicted values. From the above result it may be suggested that occupational exposure to atmospheric pollution in the footwear manufacturing industry may be responsible for the development of acute and chronic respiratory impairment.…”

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“…Acute poisoning of these adhesives may lead to respiratory and cardiovascular failure and death (Tiwari 2005). The study by Zuskin et al (1996) on footwear manufacturing workers showed that atmospheric pollution in the shoe manufacturing industry may be responsible for the development of acute and chronic respiratory impairment. Lung function severity increased with duration of employment.…”

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An Occupational Health Study of the Footwear Manufacturing Workers of Kolkata, India

Gangopadhyay

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Dev

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Studies on Ethno-Medicine

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The footwear industry occupies a place of prominence in the Indian economy in view of its massive potential for employment, growth and exports. Footwear workers are exposed to a plethora of occupational hazards of which the most hazardous one is from industrial adhesives and glues. The adhesives and glues cause various respiratory diseases, neurotoxicity and cancer. Peak Expiratory Flow Rate (PEFR) values are helpful in identifying and assessing the degree of air flow limitations of individuals and it can be measured using relatively portable and inexpensive Peak Flow Meter. In this study an attempt was made to identify the influence of occupation on the health of workers engaged in footwear industries of Kolkata. For this purpose the Experimental Group involved in various manufacturing processes and the Control Group of the same strength involved only in stitching jobs from the same footwear manufacturing unit were randomly selected. The statistical analysis of physical parameters of both the groups showed no significant difference between these parameters, which established the fact that the subjects of both groups belong to the same range of age, weight, height and BSA. But the statistical evaluation of PEFR of experimental group and the control group showed significant result, with the control group exhibiting higher values. From the present observation it may be concluded that dust particles and adhesives affect the lung capacity and PEFR of the footwear manufacturing workers irrespective of their type of work.

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An Occupational Health Study of the Footwear Manufacturing Workers of Kolkata, India

Gangopadhyay

Ara

Dev

et al. 2011

Studies on Ethno-Medicine

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“…The prevalence of sensitization to wheat¯our demonstrated by skin-prick testing in our screening study was 16% as compared with the 5% observed by Cullinan et al [15] and Musk et al [27], the 12% reported by De Zotti et al [16] and Zuskin et al [39], and the 15% noted by Prichard et al [30]. As shown in Fig.…”

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Baker's asthma: causes and prevention

Baur

1999

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

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“…[2,3] Studies conducted on bakery and confectionery workers showed that dust in these occupations can lead to respiratory problems, reduction of pulmonary parameters, and respiratory allergy. [4][5][6][7] Findings of some studies demonstrated that being exposed to flour dust increases the allergy risk in people and induces allergy in the eye, nose, and airways of the pulmonary system. [1,8,9] In previous studies, it was observed that the amount of serum antigen in the group exposed to flour dust has a significant difference comparing to control group.…”

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Teimori¹

2018

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Background and Aim: Flour dust is one of the allergens dust in the workplaces, and its occupational exposure can cause respiratory impairments. The aim of this study was to investigate respiratory and pulmonary function problems in flour mills workers exposure to flour dust. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out at 11 flour-producing factories in Iran. Study subjects were including to 286 males (176 male workers with current exposure to flour dust and 110 male unexposed employees). Determination of dust concentration was carried out with personal dust sampler at all production wards of studied industries. Respiratory symptoms were investigated with American Thoracic Society questionnaire. Lung function tests were done by a calibrated spirometer. The statistical analysis was performed by SPSS 18 software and t-test, Chi-square, linear, and logistic regressions. Results: Age and job tenure means of exposed group were 35.2 ± 8.6 and 11.9 ± 6.03 years, respectively. This result, for unexposed group, too was gained 35.3 ± 8.5 and 10.89 ± 6.5 years, respectively. Atmospheric concentrations of respirable and inhalable dust were 12.4 ± 2.41 and 33.26 ± 3.47 mg/m 3 , respectively. These results indicated that prevalence of respiratory symptoms in exposed subjects was significantly higher than non-exposed workers. Likewise, pulmonary function parameters were significantly lower in exposed than the reference group. Conclusions: The findings of this study showed that occupational exposure to flour dust could be a significant factor of the prevalence of respiratory symptoms and functional disorders of the pulmonary.

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Respiratory symptoms and ventilatory function in confectionery workers.

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An Occupational Health Study of the Footwear Manufacturing Workers of Kolkata, India

An Occupational Health Study of the Footwear Manufacturing Workers of Kolkata, India

Baker's asthma: causes and prevention

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