Poultry Processing Work and Respiratory Health of Latino Men and Women in North Carolina

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• Alternative Title:
  J Occup Environ Med
• Personal Author:
  Mirabelli, Maria C. ; Chatterjee, Arjun B. ; Arcury, Thomas A. ; Mora, Dana C. ; Blocker, Jill N. ; Grzywacz, Joseph G. ; Chen, Haiying ; Marín, Antonio J. ; Schulz, Mark R. ; Quandt, Sara A.
• 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.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Female Health Status Hispanic Or Latino Humans Lung Male Occupational Diseases Poultry Products Prevalence Questionnaires Respiratory Function Tests Respiratory Tract Diseases Young Adult

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• Source:
  J Occup Environ Med. 54(2):177-183.
• Pubmed ID:
  22237034
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4527529
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R01 OH009251/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States ; R01OH009251/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina
• Volume:
  54
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:738e3b74d1019382bc3390ab6d91a82964d8ab9e5ecc8e4c416c1ce13e86d38d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/33852/cdc_33852_DS1.pdf
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