Original scientific paper
Ventilatory capacity in furriers
E. Žuškin
; Škola narodnog zdravlja »Andrija Štampar« Medicinskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
D. Pokrajac
; Škola narodnog zdravlja »Andrija Štampar« Medicinskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
D. Ivanković
; Škola narodnog zdravlja »Andrija Štampar« Medicinskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb
B. Kanceljak
; Institut za medicinska istraživanja i medicinu rada, Zagreb, Hrvatska
M. Tonković-Lojović
; Poslovna zajednica zdravstva grada Zagreba, Zagreb, Hrvatska
J. Godnić-Cvar
; Institut za medicinska istraživanja i medicinu rada, Zagreb, Hrvatska
N. Turčić
; Dom zdravlja Sekretarijata za unutrašnje poslove grada, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
Forty women employed as furriers in the fur processing industry and a group of 31 control workers were examined. A higher prevalence of chronic respiratory symptoms was found among the furriers than among the controls. The differences were statistically significant for chronic cough and sinusitis (P < 0.01). The highest prevalence in furriers was found for chronic cough (50%), sinusitis (30%), followed by dyspnea (25%), nasal catarrh (20%) and occupational asthma (5%). A large number of workers complained of acute symptoms during work shift. Statistically significant mean acute reductions in ventilatory capacity over the workshift were recorded for FVC (-4.1 %), FEV1 (- 5.2%) and FEV50 (-6.3%). The furriers demonstrated significantly lower mean measured pre-shift values for FVC and FEY25 (P < 0.05) when compared with the predicted. Pre-shift administration of 40 mg of Intal considerably diminished acute ventilatory capacity over the work shift.
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Hrčak ID:
151953
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Publication date:
20.4.1990.
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