Publication: Respiratory effects among rubberwood furniture factory workers in Thailand
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2013-01-01
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19338244
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Mahidol University
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Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health. Vol.68, No.2 (2013), 87-94
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Salakjit Sriproed, Pramuk Osiri, Dusit Sujirarat, Suttinun Chantanakul, Kitiphong Harncharoen, Parichat Ong-Artborirak, Susan R. Woskie Respiratory effects among rubberwood furniture factory workers in Thailand. Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health. Vol.68, No.2 (2013), 87-94. doi:10.1080/19338244.2011.646361 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/31806
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Respiratory effects among rubberwood furniture factory workers in Thailand
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Respiratory symptoms and pulmonary function were examined among 89 rubberwood furniture factory workers. Acute and chronic irritant symptoms were assessed, lung function was measured both pre- and post-shift and personal inhalable dust exposure determined. The only symptoms with a significant increase among high dust level-exposed workers (>1 mg/m3) were those related to nasal irritation. High dust level-exposed workers had a significant cross-shift decrease in forced expiratory volume in 1 second/forced vital capacity (FEV1/FVC) compared with low dust level-exposed workers and increases in inhalable dust concentration levels (mg/m3) were significantly associated with decreases in the peak expiratory flow (PEF) across the work shift. For percent predicted pulmonary function levels, a significant decrement in PEF was found for high versus low rubberwood dust level-exposed workers, after controlling for confounders. These findings suggest the need for an occupational standard for rubberwood dust in Thailand. Copyright © 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.