Post-hire asthma among insect-rearing workers

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• Personal Author:
  Bledsoe TA ; Bueller D ; Henneberger, Paul K. ; Janotka E ; Kreiss, Kathleen ; Leppla NC ; Lewis, Daniel M. ; Petsonk, Edward L. ; Shen A ; Suarthana, Eva
• Description:
  Objective: To evaluate the incidence of post-hire asthma (PHA) among insect-rearing workers, defined as asthma, the symptoms of which appeared after hire at the current workplace. Methods: We surveyed the health of workers at three insect-rearing facilities and an associated office facility. We calculated the incidence and estimated hazard ratios for PHA. Results: Post-hire asthma incidence in 157 insect-rearing workers was 16.2 per 1000 person-years compared with 9.2 per 1,000 person-years in 70 office workers. Workers with predominant exposure to Lepidoptera had an incidence of 26.9 per 1000 person-years and a hazard ratio of 5.5 (95% confidence interval: 1.6 to 23.9) adjusted for sex, race, and parental asthma. In contrast, the presence of specific immunoglobulin E to Lepidoptera antigens was not associated with PHA. Conclusion: Insect-rearing workers had a high incidence of PHA, primarily accounted for by workplace exposure to Lepidoptera. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Insecta Irritants Lung Lung Diseases Occupational Health Respiratory Hypersensitivity Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Exposure-levels Exposure-limits Insects Pulmonary-disorders Pulmonary-function Pulmonary-system Respiration Respiratory-hypersensitivity Respiratory-infections Respiratory-irritants Respiratory-system-disorders Risk-factors Work-environment Worker-health Workers Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies ; HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  310-317
• Volume:
  54
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040515
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2012 Mar; 54(3):310-317
• Contact Point Address:
  Edward Lee Petsonk, MD, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1095 Willowdale Rd, Morgantown WV 26505
• Email:
  elp2@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:846f6e662fd80a8c9e76b16db544c711c9eb6e0918b5f0a8b6aac067e651013f2f672594edf0701fa0790e518b0d62ba80aeb2b194bb56982daf0504f86e4ffa
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193337/cdc_193337_DS1.pdf
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