Asthma in furniture and wood processing workers: a systematic review

Wiggans, Ruth; Evans, Gareth S; Fishwick, David; Barber, Chris

doi:10.1093/occmed/kqv149

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“…Workers in the furniture and wood manufacturing industry are exposed to a variety of potentially asthmagenic agents, including several types of wood dust, plicatic acid, terpenes, endotoxins, as well as formaldehyde 43 . A recent review reports a clear evidence for an association between work in wood industry and an increased risk of asthma and respiratory symptoms, in particular cough 43 . However, this association is not related to IgE sensitization in most cases.…”

Section: Other Work Environments With High Likelihood Of Irritant Expmentioning

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Do chronic workplace irritant exposures cause asthma?

Dumas

Moual

2016

Current Opinion in Allergy &Amp; Clinical Immunology

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Evidence of a causal effect of chronic workplace irritant exposure in new-onset asthma remains limited, mainly because of a lack of longitudinal studies and the difficulty to evaluate irritant exposures. However, recent epidemiological studies strengthen the evidence of an effect of chronic exposure to irritants in work-related asthma. The underlying mechanism remains unknown but may be related to oxidative stress, neurogenic inflammation and dual irritant and adjuvant effects. However, disentangling chronic irritant effects from either acute irritant-induced asthma or immunological low molecular weight agent-induced asthma is difficult for some agents. Further research is needed to improve assessment of irritant exposures and identify biomarkers.

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Section: Other Work Environments With High Likelihood Of Irritant Expmentioning

confidence: 99%

Do chronic workplace irritant exposures cause asthma?

Dumas

Moual

2016

Current Opinion in Allergy &Amp; Clinical Immunology

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“…The results of this study are in a good agreement with the findings of other occupational exposure investigations. Wiggans et al [8] found that wood dust exposure resulted among workers an increased occurrence probability of dry cough (OR=1.2-5.5), cough with phlegm (OR=0.9-20), wheezing (OR=1.3-5.9), nose irritations (OR=0. 8-16.4), and eye and throat irritations (OR=1-13.5).…”

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Adverse health outcomes among workers of wood pellet production facilities

Górny

Gołofit-Szymczak

2020

Ann Agric Environ Med.

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Introduction. Workers of pellet production facilities (WPPF) are exposed to high concentrations of wood dust and microbial pollutants. Such stimulation may lead to numerous allergic and toxic reactions, infections, and other non-specific syndromes. Objective. To check the influence of individual traits of workers and characteristic features / factors of their living and working environments on the probability of adverse outcomes' appearance. Materials and Method. The questionnaire study assessing adverse health effects resulting from individual exposure was conducted among 28 workers of 10 Polish WPPF. The logistic regression (for dichotomous variables) was used to determine the appearance probability (given as odds ratio) of adverse symptoms or diseases. Results and Conclusions. WPPF workers may have an increased risk of developing work-related adverse health outcomes. Both the individual traits and environmental exposure factors significantly influence the probability of their occurrence.

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“…It has been proven that exposure to wood dust increases the risk of chronic lung disease, chronic bronchitis, nose and paranasal sinus cancer, mutagenic and genotoxic effects, eye and skin irritation, and allergic reactions. The allergic reactions, as well as occupational asthma, may be caused by bioactive compounds present in wood dust and the biological fraction (fungi and bacteria and their metabolites) [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]. The most important technical means to reduce this risk is the proper use of dust extraction systems.…”

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Influence of Exhaust System Setup on Working Zone Pollution by Dust during Sawing of Particleboards

Pałubicki

Hlásková

Rogoziński

2020

IJERPH

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Air pollution by wood dust in furniture production sites is an important hygiene issue. The dust is created by all types of wood and wood-based material machining, and its concentration in the working zone surrounding the machining stand depends on the effectiveness of the dust exhaust system. In present research, three setups of the dust extraction system for a conventional table sawing machine are considered while machining particleboards. The results showed a high impact of the exhaust system connection setup on the dust concentration in the air surrounding the sawing machine work stand. The use of both main and auxiliary sawdust extraction connectors together ensured the highest clearness of the air, with only 0.5 mg/m3 of dust concentration. Closing the upper hood leads to a concentration five times higher, while disconnecting it results in a ten times higher dust content. The finest dust particles (<1 µm), however, are the most numerous in the case of closing the hood.

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Asthma in furniture and wood processing workers: a systematic review

Cited by 26 publications

References 44 publications

Do chronic workplace irritant exposures cause asthma?

Do chronic workplace irritant exposures cause asthma?

Adverse health outcomes among workers of wood pellet production facilities

Influence of Exhaust System Setup on Working Zone Pollution by Dust during Sawing of Particleboards

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