Poultry processing work and respiratory health of Latino men and women in North Carolina

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• Personal Author:
  Arcury TA ; Blocker JN ; Chatterjee AB ; Chen H ; Grzywacz JG ; Marín AJ ; Mirabelli MC ; Mora DC ; Quandt SA ; Schulz MR
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE: To evaluate associations between poultry processing work and respiratory health among working Latino men and women in North Carolina. METHODS: Between May 2009 and November 2010, 402 poultry processing workers and 339 workers in a comparison population completed interviewer-administered questionnaires. Of these participants, 279 poultry processing workers and 222 workers in the comparison population also completed spirometry testing to provide measurements of forced expiratory volume in 1 second and forced vital capacity. RESULTS: Nine percent of poultry processing workers and 10% of workers in the comparison population reported current asthma. Relative to the comparison population, adjusted mean forced expiratory volume in 1 second and forced vital capacity were lower in the poultry processing population, particularly among men who reported sanitation job activities. CONCLUSIONS: Despite the low prevalence of respiratory symptoms reported, poultry processing work may affect lung function. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asthma Asthma, Occupational Epidemiology Food Industry Lung Men Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Race Factors Respiratory Function Tests Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Women

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• Keywords:
  Bronchial-asthma Employee-exposure Employee-health Health-surveys Lung-function Physiopathology Poultry Poultry-industry Poultry-workers Pulmonary-function Pulmonary-function-tests Questionnaires Racial-factors Respiratory-system-disorders Sanitation Spirometry Vital-capacity

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  177-183
• Volume:
  54
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040903
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2012 Feb; 54(2):177-183
• Contact Point Address:
  Maria C. Mirabelli, PhD, MPH, Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157
• Email:
  mmirabel@wakehealth.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• NORA Priority Area:
  Manufacturing
• Performing Organization:
  Wake Forest University Health Sciences - Winston-Salem, North Carolina
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20080930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20140929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1f5afc5836f246a77f07ddf059d96f31b28b3d4f5f67c45a2713908d0115b142b70a1a44d5359dc78b4bc03e4c72ffea31d0e1749ecd87a9c67a91c185774847
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193602/cdc_193602_DS1.pdf
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