Wood Dust Exposure Levels and Respiratory Symptoms 6 Years Apart: An Observational Intervention Study Within the Danish Furniture Industry
Autor: | Gitte Jacobsen, Vivi Schlünssen, Inger Schaumburg, Torben Sigsgaard |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
Chronic bronchitis
medicine.medical_specialty Cross-sectional study Denmark Job-exposure matrix Logistic regression Gee cross sectional studies wood dust exposure 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Occupational Exposure Environmental health Epidemiology occupation Humans Medicine AcademicSubjects/MED00640 030212 general & internal medicine intervention Asthma furniture industry business.industry respiratory symptoms Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Dust Original Articles asthma medicine.disease Wood 030210 environmental & occupational health Cross-Sectional Studies epidemiology Observational study business Interior Design and Furnishings |
Zdroj: | Jacobsen, G, Schaumburg, I, Sigsgaard, T & Schlünssen, V 2021, ' Wood Dust Exposure Levels and Respiratory Symptoms 6 Years Apart : An Observational Intervention Study within the Danish Furniture Industry ', Annals of Work Exposures and Health, vol. 65, no. 9, pp. 1029-1039 . https://doi.org/10.1093/annweh/wxab034 Annals of Work Exposures and Health Jacobsen, G H, Schaumburg, I, Sigsgaard, T & Schlünssen, V 2021, ' Wood Dust Exposure Levels and Respiratory Symptoms 6 Years Apart : An Observational Intervention Study Within the Danish Furniture Industry ', Annals of Work Exposures and Health, vol. 65, no. 9, pp. 1029–1039 . https://doi.org/10.1093/annweh/wxab034 |
ISSN: | 2398-7316 2398-7308 |
Popis: | Objectives Occupational exposure to wood dust can cause respiratory diseases, but few studies have evaluated the impact of declining exposure on health outcome. This study aimed to investigate whether a decline in wood dust exposure between two cross sectional studies performed in 1997–1998 and 2003–2004 was related to the prevalences of respiratory symptoms among woodworkers in a well-defined geographical area. Methods Two thousand and thirty-two woodworkers from 54 plants in study 1 and 1889 woodworkers from 52 plants in study 2 returned a questionnaire on respiratory diseases and symptoms, employment and smoking habits. Current individual wood dust exposure level was assessed from 2 study specific job exposure matrix’s based on task, factory size and personal passive dust measurements (2217 in study 1 and 1355 in study 2). Results The median (range) of inhalable dust was 1.0 mg/m3 (0.2–9.8), 0.6 mg/m3 (0.1–4.6) in study 1 and study 2, respectively. In study 2, the prevalence’s of self-reported asthma was higher and the prevalence’s of respiratory symptoms were lower compared to study 1. In adjusted logistic regression analyses using GEE methodology to account for clustering, dust exposure level could explain the differences in prevalence of coughing, chronic bronchitis and nasal symptoms between study 1 and study 2, while no effect was found for asthma. Conclusions A 40% decline in wood dust exposure in a 6 year period may serve as an explanation for the decline in most respiratory symptoms, but do not seems to impact the prevalence of self-reported asthma. |
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