Respiratory symptoms and lung function in hemp workers
| Autor: | Eugenija Zuskin, Duska Pokrajac, Bozica Kanceljak, Schachter En, Witek Tj |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
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Lung Diseases Male medicine.medical_specialty Byssinosis Internal medicine Prevalence medicine Humans Forty Nine Respiratory system Sinusitis Lung Lung function business.industry Respiratory disease Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health respiratory system medicine.disease Respiratory Function Tests Surgery Occupational Diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Textile Industry Female Occupational exposure business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 47:627-632 |
| ISSN: | 1351-0711 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/oem.47.9.627 |
| Popis: | Respiratory symptoms and abnormalities of lung function were studied in 84 female and 27 male hemp workers employed in two textile mills (A and B) processing soft hemp (C sativa). In mill A 46 women and 27 men were investigated and 38 female workers were studied in mill B. Forty nine women and 30 men from a non-dusty industry served as controls. A significantly higher prevalence of almost all chronic respiratory symptoms was found in female hemp workers when compared to control workers. Among the men these differences were significant for nasal catarrh and sinusitis. A high prevalence of byssinosis was found among female hemp workers in both mills (group A, 47.8%; group B, 57.9%) as well as in the male workers (66.7%). Statistically significant across shift reductions in lung function were found for all ventilatory capacity measurements in female and male hemp workers varying from 7.1% for forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) to 15.1% for flow rates at 50% vital capacity (FEF50). Measured Monday baseline values before the work shift were significantly lower than expected for hemp workers, being particularly reduced for FEF25 and FEF50. The data suggest that occupational exposure to hemp dust is a significant risk factor for the development of acute and chronic lung disease in workers employed in this textile industry. |
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