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| pubmed:issue |
1
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
2007-6-5
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Wood dusts are known to cause respiratory disorders like rhinitis and asthma. This study was therefore done to determine the magnitude of the problem among woodworkers in south-eastern Nigeria exposed to high level of wood dust. Five hundred and ninety one woodworkers were selected using a stratified random sampling. The prevalence of woodwork-related rhinitis and asthma were then observed in the study population. Also the peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) of each woodworker was obtained. The prevalence of occupational rhinitis was 78%, while that of asthma was 6.5%. As period of woodwork increased the prevalence of rhinitis and asthma increased (rhinitis: chi2 trend = 53.015, df = 1, P = 0.000). For asthma, chi2 trend = 19.721, df = 1, P = 0.000). Also the PEFR significantly became low with increasing years of exposure to woodwork (chi2 trend = 75.965, df = 1, P = 0.000). In conclusion the prevalence of rhinitis and asthma in woodworkers was high and significantly increased with years of working as a woodworker.
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eng
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| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:chemical | |
| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Jan
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| pubmed:issn |
0856-6496
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
9
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
52-5
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:17547102-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:17547102-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:17547102-Air Pollutants, Occupational,
pubmed-meshheading:17547102-Asthma,
pubmed-meshheading:17547102-Cross-Sectional Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:17547102-Dust,
pubmed-meshheading:17547102-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:17547102-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:17547102-Industry,
pubmed-meshheading:17547102-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:17547102-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:17547102-Nigeria,
pubmed-meshheading:17547102-Occupational Diseases,
pubmed-meshheading:17547102-Peak Expiratory Flow Rate,
pubmed-meshheading:17547102-Prevalence,
pubmed-meshheading:17547102-Rhinitis,
pubmed-meshheading:17547102-Time,
pubmed-meshheading:17547102-Wood
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| pubmed:year |
2007
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
The prevalence of occupational asthma and rhinitis among woodworkers in south-eastern Nigeria.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Community Medicine, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, P.M.B. 01129, Enugu, Nigeria. enaguwa@yahoo.com
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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