Airway Obstruction Among Latino Poultry Processing Workers in North Carolina

MIRABELLI, MARIA C.; CHATTERJEE, ARJUN B.; MORA, DANA C.; ARCURY, THOMAS A.; BLOCKER, JILL N.; CHEN, HAIYING; GRZYWACZ, JOSEPH G.; MARÍN, ANTONIO J.; SCHULZ, MARK R.; QUANDT, SARA A.

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Airway Obstruction Among Latino Poultry Processing Workers in North Carolina

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2015
By MIRABELLI, MARIA C. ; CHATTERJEE, ARJUN B. ; MORA, DANA C. ; ...

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Arch Environ Occup Health
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MIRABELLI, MARIA C. ; CHATTERJEE, ARJUN B. ; MORA, DANA C. ; ARCURY, THOMAS A. ; BLOCKER, JILL N. ; CHEN, HAIYING ; GRZYWACZ, JOSEPH G. ; MARÍN, ANTONIO J. ; SCHULZ, MARK R. ; QUANDT, SARA A.
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This analysis was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of airway obstruction among Latino poultry processing workers. Data were collected from 279 poultry processing workers and 222 other manual laborers via spirometry and interviewer-administered questionnaires. Participants employed in poultry processing reported the activities they perform at work. Participants with forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) or FEV1/forced expiratory volume (FVC) below the lower limits of normal were categorized as having airway obstruction. Airway obstruction was identified in 13% of poultry processing workers and 12% of the comparison population. Among poultry processing workers, the highest prevalence of airway obstruction (21%) occurred among workers deboning chickens (prevalence ratio: 1.75; 95% confidence interval: 0.97, 3.15). These findings identify variations in the prevalence of airway obstruction across categories of work activities.
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Adolescent Adult Aged Airway Obstruction Animals Female Food-Processing Industry Hispanic Or Latino Humans Male Middle Aged Occupational Diseases Poultry Prevalence Respiratory Function Tests Young Adult
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Arch Environ Occup Health. 70(1):63-66.
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24965321
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PMC4526130
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Journal Article
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R01 OH009251/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States ; R01OH009251/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States
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North Carolina
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70
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1
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CDC Public Access
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