期刊名称：Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
印刷版ISSN：1232-1966
电子版ISSN：1898-2263
出版年度：2017
卷号：24
期号：3
页码：360-365
DOI：10.26444/aaem/75670
出版社：Institute of Agricultural Medicine in Lublin
摘要：Objectives. The objectives of this cross-sectional study were to investigate dust exposure and respiratory health of workersin duck hatcheries in western France.Method. Ninety volunteer workers, who work in sorting rooms and/or incubation rooms, participated in exposureassessments and medical examinations. Medical examinations were performed by occupational health practitioners.They filled-in a questionnaire with the workers, followed by a lung function test on each worker. General characteristicsand prevalence of chronic respiratory symptoms were described in each type of working rooms. Associations betweensymptoms and exposure (working room or dust level) were studied in GEE multivariate models.Results. Overall prevalence of chronic respiratory symptoms (cough, phlegm) and chronic bronchitis were similar or lowerthan in the reference population. However, prevalence of these symptoms was higher for those working in sorting rooms,that were associated with an increased risk of respiratory symptoms and decreased lung function. Respirable dust was alsosignificantly associated with an increased risk of respiratory symptoms. The prevalence of asthma and rhinitis were well abovethose in the reference population, but did not vary among working rooms. Descriptive data suggested an occupationalorigin for some cases.Conclusion. Hatchery workers were at increased risk of compromised respiratory health due to dust exposure, particularlythose who work in sorting rooms. Asthma and rhinitis were in excess in this population of workers. Thorough clinicalexamination of these workers should be performed and all exposures assessed.
