Immuno-Epidemiology of Crab-Induced Occupational Allergies

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• Personal Author:
  Mundt KA ; Shy, Carl M.
• Description:
  This report concerned an epidemiological study which compared the prevalence of occupational allergic diseases and other conditions between current and former employees in the crab processing industry to identify possible determinants of selective migration out of the workforce. Former workers were significantly younger, less productive and more likely to live a greater distance from the processing facilities than current workers. Lower respiratory symptoms, including asthma, were associated with employment status, but lacked precision in the multivariate model. These findings suggested that women leaving the crab processing industry were more likely to have allergic symptoms and hypersensitivity to crab than women remaining employed. However, nonspecific reactivity, as demonstrated by saline/glycerin and histamine skin test results, proved to be a stronger predictor of employment status. The authors conclude that selective migration out of the workforce of crab processors is a complex phenomenon associated with a variety of symptoms, immunological markers and sociodemographic variables. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Food-Processing Industry Food Handling Food Industry Hypersensitivity Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Allergic-reactions Food-handlers Food-processing-industry Food-processing-workers NIOSH-Grant Pulmonary-system-disorders
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-146
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00203297
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB92-136167
• Citation:
  Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 1991 Jun; :1-146
• Contact Point Address:
  Epidemiology University of North Carolina Dept of Epidemiology Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7400
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1991
• NORA Priority Area:
  Pulmonary System Disorders
• Performing Organization:
  University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19890401
• Source Full Name:
  Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
• End Date:
  19910331
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2cf8c13a66819159ad24d48ae98f39374172c8d1135bba7fab63fc0c71a74d4b953043ccebac06f2c3f1d6a52e30acbcaaa3b356981a145e3cb3459025c344b3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217815/cdc_217815_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.27 MB ]