ArticleThe international journal of occupational and environmental medicine2016
Respiratory Morbidity among Indian Tea Industry Workers.
Article in The international journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Morbidity Profile and Cholinesterase Levels among Sprayers in Selected Tea Plantations in South India.Indian journal of occupational and environmental medicineArticle
- Occupational Ventilatory Defects Among Workers Employed in Tea Gardens, A Cross-Sectional Study in Siliguri Subdivision of Darjeeling District, West Bengal.Indian journal of occupational and environmental medicineArticle
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Abstract
backgroundIndian tea industry workers are exposed to various exposures at their workplace.
objectiveTo investigate the respiratory health of Indian tea industry workers.
methodsWe administered a respiratory questionnaire to and measured lung function in workers of 34 tea gardens and 46 tea factories. We used correlation matrices to test the association between their respiratory symptoms and lung functions.
resultsThe garden workers complained of shortness of breath 3 times higher than the factory workers. However, nasal allergy was more predominant among the factory workers compared to garden workers (69.6% vs 41.2%, p=0.02). The factory workers had higher total (median 107.3% vs 92.9%, p=0.05, as measured by R at 5 Hz) and peripheral airway resistance (143.8% vs 61.1%, p=0.005, as measured by R at 5-20 Hz) than the garden workers. Respiratory symptoms were inversely associated with airway obstruction as measured by the ratio between forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) and forced vital capacity (FVC) and positively correlated with increased overall airway reactance among the workers.
conclusionRespiratory symptoms and increased allergen susceptibility of Indian tea industry workers due to occupational exposures warrant routine systematic surveillance of their workplace air quality and health monitoring.
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