Lung function and prevalence of respiratory symptoms in Norwegian crab processing workers
Background: Seafood processing workers have an increased risk of developing occupational asthma. This has not been studied among Norwegian crab processing workers, nor has the respiratory health of exposed workers been compared to a control group. Objectives: Assessing the impact of working in the c...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:f46a934ef70c49c9bfbf587b64cb602c 2023-05-15T15:08:47+02:00 Lung function and prevalence of respiratory symptoms in Norwegian crab processing workers Marte R. Thomassen Lisbeth Aasmoe Berit E. Bang Tonje Braaten 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2017.1313513 https://doaj.org/article/f46a934ef70c49c9bfbf587b64cb602c EN eng Taylor & Francis Group http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2017.1313513 https://doaj.org/toc/2242-3982 2242-3982 doi:10.1080/22423982.2017.1313513 https://doaj.org/article/f46a934ef70c49c9bfbf587b64cb602c International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol 76, Iss 1 (2017) Occupational asthma respiratory health crab processing healthy worker effect occupational exposure crustaceans king crab edible crab Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2017 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2017.1313513 2022-12-31T04:17:10Z Background: Seafood processing workers have an increased risk of developing occupational asthma. This has not been studied among Norwegian crab processing workers, nor has the respiratory health of exposed workers been compared to a control group. Objectives: Assessing the impact of working in the crab processing industry on workers’ respiratory health. Design: A cross-sectional study of the respiratory health in two types of crab processing workers compared to a control group. Methods: The study included 148 king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) workers, 70 edible crab (Cancer pagurus) workers and 215 controls. Workers answered a questionnaire and performed spirometry measurements. χ2 and Fishers exact tests were performed on self-reported respiratory symptoms. Regression analyses and t-tests were used to assess lung function values. Results: Self-reported respiratory symptoms were higher among crab processing workers compared to controls, and higher among king crab workers compared to edible crab workers. There was no significant difference between crab processing workers and controls in lung function measurements. Self-reported doctor-diagnosed asthma prevalence was highest in the control group. Conclusions: Increased respiratory symptoms reported by crab processing workers were not reflected in impaired lung function values or asthma diagnose. We suggest a healthy worker effect among crab processing workers in Norway. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Circumpolar Health International Journal of Circumpolar Health Paralithodes camtschaticus Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Norway International Journal of Circumpolar Health 76 1 1313513 |
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Background: Seafood processing workers have an increased risk of developing occupational asthma. This has not been studied among Norwegian crab processing workers, nor has the respiratory health of exposed workers been compared to a control group. Objectives: Assessing the impact of working in the crab processing industry on workers’ respiratory health. Design: A cross-sectional study of the respiratory health in two types of crab processing workers compared to a control group. Methods: The study included 148 king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) workers, 70 edible crab (Cancer pagurus) workers and 215 controls. Workers answered a questionnaire and performed spirometry measurements. χ2 and Fishers exact tests were performed on self-reported respiratory symptoms. Regression analyses and t-tests were used to assess lung function values. Results: Self-reported respiratory symptoms were higher among crab processing workers compared to controls, and higher among king crab workers compared to edible crab workers. There was no significant difference between crab processing workers and controls in lung function measurements. Self-reported doctor-diagnosed asthma prevalence was highest in the control group. Conclusions: Increased respiratory symptoms reported by crab processing workers were not reflected in impaired lung function values or asthma diagnose. We suggest a healthy worker effect among crab processing workers in Norway. |
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Marte R. Thomassen Lisbeth Aasmoe Berit E. Bang Tonje Braaten |
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Lung function and prevalence of respiratory symptoms in Norwegian crab processing workers |
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Lung function and prevalence of respiratory symptoms in Norwegian crab processing workers |
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Lung function and prevalence of respiratory symptoms in Norwegian crab processing workers |
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Lung function and prevalence of respiratory symptoms in Norwegian crab processing workers |
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