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dc.contributor.author | Jordan Minov | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Jovanka Karadzinska-Bislimovska | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Risteska-Kuc, Snezana | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Saso Stoleski | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-01-05T11:37:16Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-01-05T11:37:16Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2005-12 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0004-1254 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/9836 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Assuming that airborne particles and pollutants are important contributing factors in the development of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB), we performed a case-control study including 63 tea workers (36 men and 27 women, aged 36-55, duration of employment 3-30 years) and an equal number of office workers, matched by sex and age. Exercise-induced respiratory symptoms were recorded in a questionnaire. Skin prick tests, spirometry, as well as exercise and histamine challenge were carried out. Environmental measurements were performed on site during the work shifts. The prevalence of self-reported exercise-induced respiratory symptoms and EIB did not differ significantly between the exposed and control group (41.6% vs 36.8%, and 6.4% vs 4.8%, respectively). In both exposed and control workers, EIB was strongly linked to asthma (P < 0.01). In the exposed workers it was significantly associated with positive family history of asthma (P < 0.01) and positive family history of atopies (P < 0.05), whereas in the exposed smokers it was significantly related to smoking duration (P < 0.05). Bronchial reaction to exercise in the exposed smokers was significantly greater than in control smokers (P < 0.05). Self-reported exercise-induced respiratory symptoms were weakly associated with EIB, with a large proportion of false positive and a low proportion of false negative results in both groups. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | SCIENDO | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju | en_US |
dc.subject | air pollutants | en_US |
dc.subject | dust | en_US |
dc.subject | exercise test | en_US |
dc.subject | exercise-induced asthma | en_US |
dc.subject | occupational environment | en_US |
dc.subject | smoking | en_US |
dc.title | Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction and exercise-induced respiratory symptoms in workers exposed to tea dust | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 56 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 4 | - |
item.fulltext | With Fulltext | - |
item.grantfulltext | open | - |
crisitem.author.dept | Faculty of Medicine | - |
crisitem.author.dept | Faculty of Medicine | - |
crisitem.author.dept | Faculty of Medicine | - |
Appears in Collections: | Faculty of Medicine: Journal Articles |
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