Respiratory effects of work in retail food stores. I. Methodology and exposure assignments.

Wegman, David H.; Smith, Thomas J.; Eisen, Ellen A.; Greaves, Ian A.; Fine, Lawrence J.; Chelton, Charles S

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“…Additional reports of acute illness led to the initiation of a study to examine the possibility that long-term respiratory health effect s may result from working in such environments. Details of the study protocol, subjects, and methods have been described elsewhere (9). A brief summary follows.…”

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Respiratory effects of work in retail food stores. II. Respiratory symptoms.

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Scand J Work Environ Health

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WEGMAN DH , EISEN EA, SMITH TJ, GREAVES lA , FINE LJ . Respirator y effects of work in retail food stores: 11 Respir atory sympto ms. Scand J Work Environ Health 13 (1987) 209-212. Thi s study examined the relationship s bet ween the prevalence of respir at or y tract sympto ms and estimates of environment al exposures in retail foo d store s, in parti cular expo sures to emissions from the cutting o f polyvinyl chlorid e wrap. When respiratory sympto ms were compared with a measure o f cumulative exposure , there was evidence that the prevalence of sympto ms of episodic airway narrowing was higher for wor kers who had been exposed directl y or indirectly to meat wrapping opera tions independent of a significant association of these symptoms with allergic or asthma tic history. Whether this find ing reflects a non specific irritant effect or allergic sensitization cann ot be determined from these data. No single substance present in the work environment studied has, as yet, been ident ified as associated with these effects .

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Respiratory effects of work in retail food stores. II. Respiratory symptoms.

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“…The principal exposure variable evaluated in the baseline study was an estimate of the cumulative exposure to emissions from wrapping operations detailed elsewhere (14).…”

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“…The study was designed to examine the prevalence of respiratory symptoms and to characterize both the cross-sectional status and longitudinal change in pulmonary function associated with employment. The methods and results for respiratory symptoms have been reported separately (13,14). The findings for pulmonary function are given in the present report.…”

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Respiratory effects of work in retail food stores. III. Pulmonary function findings.

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et al. 1987

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WEGMAN DH, EISEN EA, SMITH TJ, GREA YES lA, FINE LJ . Respiratory effects of work in retail food stores: 1II Pulmonary function findings. Scand J Work Environ Health 13 (1987) 213-217. Findings are reported from a pro spective morbidity study which examined the effects on pulmonary function associated with the particulate and gaseous air contaminants to which retail food store workers are exposed. A total of 685 supermarket employees (including meat wrappers, meat cutters and store clerks) performed standard ventilatory function tests [forced expiratory volume in I s (FEY I.,,) and forced vital capacity (FVC)] during a base-line survey. Those available four years later (305) were resurveyed in a similar manner. A suggestive chronic effect on pulmonary function was shown in those with high cumulative exposures and allergic history. Among those workers who had continuous exposure to air contaminants in settings with "hot-wire" plastic wrap film cutters the annual rates of change in FEVl.oand FVC were twice as great as the changes found among comparable workers who were not exposed to fumes from wrapping film. Those who switched from the "hot-wire" to the "cool-rod" cutters during the course of the follow-up had intermediate rates of change in lung function.

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Bronchial asthma and COPD due to irritants in the workplace - an evidence-based approach

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Vellguth

2012

J Occup Med Toxicol

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BackgroundRespiratory irritants represent a major cause of occupational obstructive airway diseases. We provide an overview of the evidence related to irritative agents causing occupational asthma or occupational COPD.MethodsWe searched MEDLINE via PubMed. Reference lists of relevant reviews were also screened. The SIGN grading system was used to rate the quality of each study. The modified RCGP three-star system was used to grade the body of evidence for each irritant agent regarding its causative role in either occupational asthma or occupational COPD.ResultsA total of 474 relevant papers were identified, covering 188 individual agents, professions or work-sites. The focus of most of the studies and the predominant diagnosis was occupational asthma, whereas occupational COPD arose only incidentally.The highest level assigned using the SIGN grading was 2+ (well-conducted systematic review, cohort or case–control study with a low risk of confounding or bias). According to the modified RCGP three-star grading, the strongest evidence of association with an individual agent, profession or work-site (“**”) was found for 17 agents or work-sites, including benzene-1,2,4-tricarboxylicacid-1,2-anhydride, chlorine, platinum salt, isocyanates, cement dust, grain dust, animal farming, environmental tobacco smoke, welding fumes or construction work. Phthalic anhydride, glutaraldehyde, sulphur dioxide, cotton dust, cleaning agents, potrooms, farming (various), foundries were found to be moderately associated with occupational asthma or occupational COPD (“*[+]”).ConclusionThis study let us assume that irritant-induced occupational asthma and especially occupational COPD are considerably underreported. Defining the evidence of the many additional occupational irritants for causing airway disorders will be the subject of continued studies with implications for diagnostics and preventive measures.

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Respiratory effects of work in retail food stores. I. Methodology and exposure assignments.

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Respiratory effects of work in retail food stores. II. Respiratory symptoms.

Respiratory effects of work in retail food stores. II. Respiratory symptoms.

Respiratory effects of work in retail food stores. III. Pulmonary function findings.

Bronchial asthma and COPD due to irritants in the workplace - an evidence-based approach

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