Vapor, dust, and smoke exposure in relation to adult-onset asthma and chronic respiratory symptoms : The Singapore Chinese health study
In: American journal of epidemiology, Jg. 163 (2006), Heft 12, S. 1118-1128
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Occupational factors contribute to a significant fraction of respiratory disease and symptoms. The authors evaluated the role of occupational exposures in asthma, chronic bronchitis, and respiratory symptoms in the Singapore Chinese Health Study, a population-based cohort of adults aged 45-74 years at enrollment in 1993-1998. Information on occupations and occupational exposures was collected at enrollment for 52,325 subjects for whom respiratory outcomes were obtained via follow-up interviews in 1999-2004. Exposure to dusts from cotton, wood, metal, minerals, and/or asbestos was associated with nonchronic cough and/or phlegm (odds ratio (OR) = 1.19, 95% confidence interval (Cl): 1.08, 1.30), chronic bronchitis (OR = 1.26, 95% Cl: 1.01, 1.57), and adult-onset asthma (OR = 1.14, 95% Cl: 1.00, 1.30). Cotton dust was the major contributor to respiratory symptoms. Vapor exposure from chemical solvents, dyes, cooling oils, paints, wood preservatives, and/or pesticides was associated with nonchronic cough or phlegm (OR = 1.14, 95% Cl: 1.03, 1.27), chronic dry cough (OR = 1.55, 95% Cl: 1.19, 2.01), and adult-onset asthma (OR = 1.34, 95% Cl: 1.15, 1.56). Chemical solvents, cooling oils, and pesticides were the major contributors to respiratory symptoms. These data support the role of occupational exposures in the etiology of respiratory illness in a population-based cohort in Singapore with a low prevalence of atopic illness.
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Vapor, dust, and smoke exposure in relation to adult-onset asthma and chronic respiratory symptoms : The Singapore Chinese health study
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | LEVAN, Tricia D ; KOH, Woon-Puay ; LEE, Hin-Peng ; KOH, David ; YU, Mimi C ; LONDON, Stephanie J |
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Zeitschrift: | American journal of epidemiology, Jg. 163 (2006), Heft 12, S. 1118-1128 |
Veröffentlichung: | Cary, NC: Oxford University Press, 2006 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
Umfang: | print, 53 ref |
ISSN: | 0002-9262 (print) |
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