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Allergic alveolitis in workers exposed to moulds

B. Kolmodin-Hedman ; Medical Division, National Board of Occupational Safety and Health, Umea, Sweden
P. Malmberg ; Division Lung Physiology, National Board of Occupational Safety and Health, Solna, Sweden
A. Rask-Andersen ; Division Clinical Physiology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
S. Höglund ; The Swedish Farmer's Safety and Preventive Health Asso¬ciation, Stockholm, Sweden
G. Blomqvist ; Chemical Division, National Board of Occupa¬tional Safety and Health, Umea, Sweden
U. Palmgren ; Department of Microbiology, Swe¬dish University af Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

Abstract

The prevalence and incidence of allergic alveolitis were studied among farmers from the central (n = 500) and northern (n = 3000) part of Sweden. Acute attacks of fever and malaise as well as cough were found in 10-20 per cent of the population studied. Few persons had manifest clinical signs or symptoms of the disease. Precipitating antibodies against common antigen panel were found only in a few farmers. Farmers with the symptoms of allergic alveolitis had higher spore counts in the individual breathing zone than those without the symptoms. Possible causative mechanisms and preventive measures are discussed. The results from a group of persons exposed to mouldy wood chips are also described.

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Hrčak ID:

157867

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/157867

Publication date:

3.10.1984.

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