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ArticleJournal of agromedicine2023

A Cross Sectional Study of Respiratory and Allergy Status in Dairy Workers.

Jose Carmona, Marine deMarcken, Pauline Trinh, Lauren Frisbie, Vickie Ramirez, Pablo Palmandez, Sverre Vedal, Coralynn Sack, Peter Rabinowitz

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Article in Journal of agromedicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 45% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jose CarmonaDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Marine deMarckenDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Pauline TrinhDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Lauren FrisbieDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Vickie RamirezDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Pablo PalmandezDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Sverre VedalDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Coralynn SackDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Peter RabinowitzDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
University of Washington · US

Funding

XENOBIOTIC BIOTRANSFORMATION AND DISPOSITIONP30ES007033 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Sheela Sathyanarayana · 1995 to 2026
$42.5M
University of Washington Education and Research CenterT42OH008433 · OH · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI SIMPSON, CHRISTOPHER D · 2005 to 2024
$29.4M
Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center-RenewalU54OH007544 · OH · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI YOST, MICHAEL G · 2011 to 2025
$23.0M
The Role of Airway Morphology in Environmental LungDiseasesK23ES030725 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI SACK, CORALYNN SHAYNA · 2019 to 2023
$835k
ACL HHS T42OH008433NIEHS NIH HHS K23 ES030725NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES007033NIOSH CDC HHS T42 OH008433NIOSH CDC HHS U54 OH007544
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionWorkers on dairy farms face exposures to organic dusts and endotoxin. At the same time, a number of studies of farmers have reported a lower prevalence of asthma in farmworkers compared to persons without farm contact. The "hygiene hypothesis" suggests that early life exposures on farms could be protective against allergic disease and asthma. Such protective relationships are less well studied in adult farm workers.

methodsA cross-sectional analysis of respiratory function and allergy status was performed in a sample of dairy farm workers (

resultsPrevalence of self-reported asthma and most respiratory symptoms was similar in the two groups, with the exception of increased report of dyspnea among dairy workers. In the dairy workers, level of lung function was not reduced and FeNO was not increased. In unadjusted and adjusted models, dairy work was not associated with reduced lung function or increased airway inflammation. Mean IgE levels did not differ significantly between workers and controls, but elevated bovine-specific IgE was detected only among dairy workers, with an apparent association between elevated bovine IgE and increased FeNO.

conclusionWhile dairy workers did not demonstrate increased asthma prevalence compared to controls, sensitization to bovine antigen in several workers appeared to be associated with airway inflammation. Occupational health programs for dairy workers should consider the risk of animal allergy as part of respiratory health protection efforts.

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AsthmaHypersensitivityOccupational ExposureAnimalsCattleCross-Sectional StudiesHumansImmunoglobulin EInflammationNitric OxideImmunoglobulin ENitric OxideDairy workersoccupational allergyoccupational asthma

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PMID36704933
PMCPMC10421462
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