Respiratory tract illness in meat wrappers.

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• Personal Author:
  Falk H ; Portnoy B
• Description:
  Report of a questionnaire survey done in 152 Houston supermarkets to assess the prevalence of respiratory tract symptoms in meat wrappers exposed to the thermal decomposition fumes of polyvinyl-chloride (PVC) (9002862) film wrap and in two supermarket control groups, checkers and meat cutters. Meat wrappers are found to have increased respiratory tract symptoms, 12 percent of smokers (versus 6 percent and 2 percent of controls), and 5 percent of non-smokers among meat wrappers show multiple respiratory tract symptoms. Results indicate the probability that a large number of meat wrappers can have mild symptoms with some progressing to more severe respiratory impairment or clinical asthma. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Food-Processing Industry Hydrocarbons Lung Diseases Occupational Health Plastics Polymers Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Chlorinated-hydrocarbons Food-processing-industry Lung-disorders Meat-wrapping NIOSH-Author Packaging-industry Respiratory-system-disorders
• ISSN:
  0098-7484
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  235
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00053406
• Citation:
  JAMA 1976 Mar; 235(9):915-917
• CAS Registry Number:
  Poly(vinyl chloride) (CAS RN 9002-86-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of the American Medical Association
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1a2ea182643667ef48d06511672804cd9bb814d54b85f7c2fb0f3cdf6fe350fe86b69c444a32cd09585a4bf631b1d4ebc58c830f9c31038c9de359f0856e1a67
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/184071/cdc_184071_DS1.pdf
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