Stručni rad
Respiratory findings in textile workers employed in dyeing wool and cotton
Eugenija Žuškin
; Škola narodnog zdravlja »Andrija Štampar« Medicinskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb
Jadranka Mustajbegović
; Škola narodnog zdravlja »Andrija Štampar« Medicinskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Josipa Kern
; Škola narodnog zdravlja »Andrija Štampar« Medicinskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Jagoda Doko-Jelinić
; Škola narodnog zdravlja »Andrija Štampar« Medicinskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Fadila Pavičić
; Klinička bolnica Za plućne bolesti Jordanovac, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The prevalence of acute and chronic respiratory symptoms and diseases and ventilatory capacity were studied in 97 textile workers employed in dyeing wool and cotton fibres and in 76 non-exposed control workers. The prevalence of chronic respiratory symptoms was significantly higher in the textile workers compared to controls. The symptoms of occupational asthma were recorded in 7.2 per cent of the textile workers. The prevalence ot respiratory symptoms was higher in exposed smokers than in exposed non-smokers. The textile workers employed for more than 10 years had a higher prevalence of all respiratory symptoms than those with a shorter period of employment. The textile workers showed a high prevalence of acute symptoms which developed during work shift. Significant acute reductions of ventilatory capacity tests on maximum expiratory flow-volume curves (MEFV) in textile workers varied from 5.1 % for FVC to 12.4% for FEF25. Ventilatory capacity tests in the textile workers before work shift were significantly diminished in comparison to ihe predicted values. Our data indicate that work in the textile dyeing industry may cause the development of respiratory symptoms and diseases as weil as impairment of ventilatory capacity.
Ključne riječi
occupational exposure; respiratory symptoms; textile dyeing workers; ventilatory capacity; working environment
Hrčak ID:
144818
URI
Datum izdavanja:
18.12.1996.
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