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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
6
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1994-7-15
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| pubmed:abstractText |
This survey describes respiratory and mucosal symptoms of garbage-handling and recycling workers in Denmark. The study includes 20 paper-sorting workers, eight compost workers, and 44 garbage-handling workers. As a control group, 119 workers from water purification plants of Copenhagen were chosen; workers in our study had a lower mean age and shorter mean employment time than did members of the control group. There was no significant difference in tobacco consumption between the groups. Garbage-handling workers were exposed to a significantly higher mean concentration (SD) of total dust than were water supply workers-0.74 (0.77) mg/m3 compared with 0.42 (0.25) mg/m3 (p < 0.05). Total count of microorganisms was significantly higher in garbage-handling and composting areas compared with paper-sorting as well as water supply areas 0.46 (0.125) x 10(5), 0.54 (0.77) x 10(5), 4.7 (5.89) x 10(3), and 0.08 (0.04) x 10(3) cfu/m3, respectively (p < 0.05). This difference could not be explained as an effect of differential growth requirements. Significantly higher amounts of gram-negative bacteria were found in composting and garbage-handling plants than in water-supply plants. In garbage-handling plants only, there were significantly higher amounts of endotoxins than in paper-sorting plants. Significantly higher prevalence of chest tightness (14%), flu-like symptoms (14%), itching eyes (27%), itching nose (14), and sore or itching throat (21%) were found among garbage-handling workers, compared with, respectively, 1, 1, 11 and 0% among water-supply workers. Furthermore, prevalence of nausea and vomiting or diarrhea rose from 2% and 7% among the water-supply workers to 19% and 27% among the garbage workers.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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| pubmed:chemical | |
| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Jun
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| pubmed:issn |
1073-449X
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
149
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
1407-12
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:8004291-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:8004291-Age Factors,
pubmed-meshheading:8004291-Air Microbiology,
pubmed-meshheading:8004291-Air Pollutants, Occupational,
pubmed-meshheading:8004291-Bronchial Provocation Tests,
pubmed-meshheading:8004291-Case-Control Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:8004291-Causality,
pubmed-meshheading:8004291-Confounding Factors (Epidemiology),
pubmed-meshheading:8004291-Denmark,
pubmed-meshheading:8004291-Environmental Monitoring,
pubmed-meshheading:8004291-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:8004291-Gastrointestinal Diseases,
pubmed-meshheading:8004291-Gram-Negative Bacteria,
pubmed-meshheading:8004291-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:8004291-Hypersensitivity, Immediate,
pubmed-meshheading:8004291-Logistic Models,
pubmed-meshheading:8004291-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:8004291-Occupational Diseases,
pubmed-meshheading:8004291-Population Surveillance,
pubmed-meshheading:8004291-Prevalence,
pubmed-meshheading:8004291-Refuse Disposal,
pubmed-meshheading:8004291-Respiratory Tract Diseases,
pubmed-meshheading:8004291-Skin Tests,
pubmed-meshheading:8004291-Time Factors
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| pubmed:year |
1994
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Respiratory disorders and atopy in Danish refuse workers.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Institute of Social Medicine, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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