ArticleBMC pulmonary medicine2016
The estimated prevalence of exposure to asthmagens in the Australian workforce, 2014.
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- Comparison of agreement in asthmagen exposure assessments between rule-based automatic algorithms and a job exposure matrix in healthcare workers in Australia and Bhutan.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Estimate of Occupational Exposure to Carcinogens among Migrant Workers in the United Arab Emirates: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Sex and Gender Differences in Occupational Hazard Exposures: a Scoping Review of the Recent Literature.Current environmental health reports · 2021Article
- Case Report: Occupational Dust Exposure Among Bakery Workers in Perth, Western Australia.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- Work-related asthma: A position paper from the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and the National Asthma Council Australia.Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) · 2020Review
- Development of an Asthma-Specific Job Exposure Matrix for Use in the United States.Annals of work exposures and health · 2020Article
- Occupational exposure to disinfectants and asthma incidence in U.S. nurses: A prospective cohort study.American journal of industrial medicine · 2020Article
- Using Decision Rules to Assess Occupational Exposure in Population-Based Studies.Current environmental health reports · 2019Review
- Influence of Childhood Asthma and Allergies on Occupational Exposure in Early Adulthood: A Prospective Cohort Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere is very little information available on a national level as to the number of people exposed to specific asthmagens in workplaces.
methodsWe conducted a national telephone survey in Australia to investigate the prevalence of current occupational exposure to 277 asthmagens, assembled into 27 groups. Demographic and current job information were obtained. A web-based tool, OccIDEAS, was used to collect job task information and assign exposure to each asthmagen group.
resultsIn the Australian Workplace Exposure Study - Asthma (AWES- Asthma) we interviewed 4878 participants (2441 male and 2437 female). Exposure to at least one asthmagen was more common among men (47%) than women (40%). Extrapolated to the Australian population, approximately 2.8 million men and 1.7 million women were estimated to be exposed. Among men, the most common exposures were bioaerosols (29 %) and metals (27%), whilst the most common exposures among women were latex (25%) and industrial cleaning and sterilising agents (20%).
conclusionsThis study provides information about the prevalence of exposure to asthmagens in Australian workplaces which will be useful in setting priorities for control and prevention of occupational asthma.
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