Occupational asthma in a cable manufacturing company
Joint Authors
Dehghan, Faizah
Sadeghi, Zargham
Attarchi, Mirsaeed
Yazdanparast, Taraneh
Muhammadi, Sabir
Golchin, Mahdi
Moafi, Masud
Mahdi, Sayyid Muhammad Sayyid
Source
Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal
Issue
Vol. 16, Issue 10 (31 Oct. 2014), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2014-10-31
Country of Publication
United Arab Emirates
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Background : During the past decade, incidence of asthma has increased, which might have been due to environmental exposures. Objectives : Considering the expansion of cable manufacturing industry in Iran, the present study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of occupational asthma in a cable manufacturing company in Iran as well as its related factors. Patients and Methods : This study was conducted on employees of a cable manufacturing company in Yazd, Iran, in 2012.
The workers were divided into two groups of exposure (to toluene diisocyanate, polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene or polypropylene) and without exposure.
Diagnosis of occupational asthma was made based on the subjects’ medical history, spirometry and peak flowmetry, and its frequency was compared between the two groups. Results : The overall prevalence of occupational asthma was 9.7 %.
This rate was 13.8 % in the exposed group.
Logistic regression analysis showed that even after adjustment for confounding factors, a significant correlation existed between the frequency of occupational asthma and exposure to the produced dust particles (P < 0.05).
In addition, age, work experience, body mass index, cigarette smoking and shift work had significant correlations with the prevalence of occupational asthma (P < 0.05). Conclusions : Considering the high prevalence of occupational asthma among cable manufacturing company workers in Iran, this issue needs to be addressed immediately in addition to reduction of exposure among subjects.
Reduction in work shift duration, implementation of tobacco control and cessation programs for the personnel, and performing spirometry tests and respiratory examinations in shorter periods may be among effective measures for reducing the incidence of occupational asthma in this industry.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Attarchi, Mirsaeed& Dehghan, Faizah& Yazdanparast, Taraneh& Muhammadi, Sabir& Golchin, Mahdi& Sadeghi, Zargham…[et al.]. 2014. Occupational asthma in a cable manufacturing company. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal،Vol. 16, no. 10, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Attarchi, Mirsaeed…[et al.]. Occupational asthma in a cable manufacturing company. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal Vol. 16, no. 10 (Oct. 2014), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-416413
American Medical Association (AMA)
Attarchi, Mirsaeed& Dehghan, Faizah& Yazdanparast, Taraneh& Muhammadi, Sabir& Golchin, Mahdi& Sadeghi, Zargham…[et al.]. Occupational asthma in a cable manufacturing company. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal. 2014. Vol. 16, no. 10, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-416413
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 6-7
Record ID
BIM-416413