Flock Workers’ Exposures and Respiratory Symptoms in Five Plants

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• Personal Author:
  Attfield MD ; Daroowalla, Feroza ; Kreiss, Kathleen ; Piacitelli, Chris A. ; Wang, Mei Lin
• Description:
  Sentinel cases of lymphocytic bronchiolitis in flock production and coating operations triggered a five-plant study of airborne respirable dust and fiber exposures and health symptoms. Job histories from 219 current workers were linked to a job-exposure matrix derived from personal exposure measurements of respirable dust and fibers. Univariate group comparisons and multivariate modeling tested for relations between indices of cumulative and current exposure, and respiratory and systemic symptom outcomes. Respiratory symptoms and repeated flu-like illnesses were associated with use of compressed air to clear equipment (blow-downs) and with respirable dust exposure (current and cumulative) after controlling for smoking. Blow-downs had an equal or greater effect than smoking status on most symptoms. Eliminating compressed air cleaning, engineering control of dust exposure, and respirators are needed to limit exposures to particulates. Longitudinal follow up may provide guidance for a dust or fiber level without adverse respiratory health effects. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Blood Dust Engineering Lung Diseases Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Smokers Textile Industry Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Occupational Lung Disease Compressors Dust-exposure Engineering-controls Fibrous-dusts Flock Workers' Lung Interstitial Lung Disease Lung-disease Lymphocytes Nylon Occupational-diseases Occupational-exposure Pulmonary-system-disorders Respirable-dust Respiratory-system-disorders Smoking Surveillance Textile-workers Textiles Textiles-industry Workplace-monitoring Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  144-152
• Volume:
  47
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026012
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2005 Feb; 47(2):144-152
• Contact Point Address:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, 1095 Willowdale Road, Mail Stop, H-2800, Morgantown, WV 26505
• Email:
  kkreiss@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:418e0770f125913b70f95bb5f286cb548441ce51543b0fccb0367619f8dfba6ec6ba434af5598106ba8bca4abb260e45bc82bd0daa7a844274e51612be2d285e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/197146/cdc_197146_DS1.pdf
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