Acute pulmonary function change associated with work on large dairies in California

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• Personal Author:
  Bennett DH ; Eastman C ; Mitchell DC ; Mitloehner FM ; Schenker MB ; Tancredi DJ
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE: To study whether dairy workers in California have lower baseline and greater cross-shift decrements in lung function than control employees. METHODS: A cross-sectional study of 210 dairy and 47 control workers who completed questionnaires and spirometry before and after the work shift. RESULTS: Dairy work was associated with mean baseline differences of -0.132 L (P = 0.07) and -0.131 L (P = 0.13) in forced expiratory volume in 1 second and forced vital capacity, respectively, compared with control employees, adjusting for age, height, smoking status, and days back at work since last day off. Dairy work was associated with a mean cross-shift difference of -65.2 mL (P = 0.02) and -103.1 mL (P < 0.01) in forced expiratory volume in 1 second and forced vital capacity, respectively, adjusting for smoking status and work-shift time. CONCLUSIONS: Dairy work in California was associated with mild acute airway obstruction. The unclear long-term effect of dairy work in California merits further investigation. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Animal Husbandry Animals Dairy Products Lung Lung Diseases Occupational Health Respiratory Function Tests Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Surveys And Questionnaires

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural-products Agricultural-workers Airway-obstruction Animal-husbandry Animal-husbandry-workers Dairy-products Health-surveys Lung-disorders Lung-function Pulmonary-function Pulmonary-system-disorders Questionnaires Respiratory-system-disorders Spirometry

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  74-79
• Volume:
  55
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042568
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2013 Jan; 55(1):74-79
• Contact Point Address:
  Marc B. Schenker, MD, MPH, Rm 138 MS1-C, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
• Email:
  mbschenker@ucdavis.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of California - Davis
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20270929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d1f8fda3ce09b06b91addad904d40b9f06f9a2bc30e5c89c2ec57ab66bf3093c186ace2cd6f4436310c3238e2eaa19468122e0c2d218de49fe14fef5b24a8328
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194755/cdc_194755_DS1.pdf
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