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Casas, Lidia, Espinosa, Aina, Borràs-Santos, Alícia, Jacobs, José, Krop, Esmeralda, Heederik, Dick, Nemery, Benoit, Pekkanen, Juha, Hyvärinen, Anne, Täubel, Martin, and Zock, Jan-Paul

Published
2016

11. Domestic use of bleach and infections in children: a multicentre cross-sectional study

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Casas, Lidia, Espinosa, Ana, Borràs-Santos, Alícia, Jacobs, José, Krop, Esmeralda, Heederik, Dick, Nemery, Benoit, Pekkanen, Juha, Hyvärinen, Anne, Täubel, Martin, Zock, Jan-Paul, Risk Assessment, Infection & Immunity, dIRAS RA-I&I RA, LS IRAS EEPI GRA (Gezh.risico-analyse), Dep IRAS, Risk Assessment, Infection & Immunity, dIRAS RA-I&I RA, LS IRAS EEPI GRA (Gezh.risico-analyse), and Dep IRAS

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Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Cross-sectional study, Tonsillitis, Coronacrisis-Taverne, Infections, Hazardous Substances, Environmental health, Surveys and Questionnaires, Influenza, Human, medicine, Odds Ratio, Prevalence, Humans, Otitis, Sinusitis, Adverse effect, Bronchitis, Child, Finland, Netherlands, business.industry, Public health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Odds ratio, Environmental Exposure, Pneumonia, medicine.disease, Surgery, Cross-Sectional Studies, Logistic Models, Spain, Relative risk, Irritants, Female, Human medicine, medicine.symptom, business, Disinfectants
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Objective To report the effects of bleach use at home on the frequency of infections in 9102 school-age children participating in the HITEA project. Methods Parents of pupils aged 6-12 years from schools in Barcelona province (Spain), Utrecht province (the Netherlands) and Eastern and Central Finland were administered a questionnaire including questions on the frequency of infections (influenza, tonsillitis, sinusitis, otitis, bronchitis and pneumonia) in the past 12 months and bleach use at home. We developed multivariable mixed-effects multilogistic regression models to obtain relative risk ratios (RRR) and their 95% CI per country, and combined the RRR using random-effects meta-analyses. Results Bleach use was common in Spain (72%, n=1945) and uncommon in Finland (7%, n=279). Overall, the prevalence of infections (recurrent or once) was higher among children of bleach users. Significant combined associations were shown for influenza only once (RRR=1.20, 95% CI 1.04 to 1.38), recurrent tonsillitis (RRR=1.35, 95% CI 1.07 to 1.71) and any infection (RRR=1.18, 95% CI 1.01 to 1.38). Conclusions Passive exposure to cleaning bleach in the home may have adverse effects on school-age children's health by increasing the risk of respiratory and other infections. The high frequency of use of disinfecting irritant cleaning products may be of public health concern, also when exposure occurs during childhood.

Published
2014

13. Erectile dysfunction and mining-related jobs: an explorative study in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo

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Musa Obadia, Paul, Kayembe-Kitenge, Tony, Banza Lubaba Nkulu, Célestin, Enzlin, Paul, and Nemery, Benoit

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IntroductionThe African Copperbelt is a site of intense artisanal and industrial mining and refining of copper and cobalt. Anecdotal reports of erectile dysfunction (ED) among mineworkers in the area led us to conduct an explorative study to investigate the possible association between ED and working in mining-related jobs.MethodsWe included 42 consecutive men (18–40 years) buying sildenafil (the active substance of Viagra) from a pharmacy located in a popular neighbourhood in Lubumbashi, and 42 age-matched (±2 years) men buying painkillers. All participants replied to questionnaires administered face-to-face to obtain sociodemographic data, including information on occupation, and a score of erectile function using the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF6).ResultsThe IIEF6 score (maximum 30) was lower among sildenafil-buyers (median 17, range 8–30) than among painkiller-buyers (median 30, range 17–30). The proportion of mining-related jobs was higher among sildenafil-buyers (19/42, 45%) than among painkiller-buyers (7/42, 17%), yielding an OR of 4.1 (95% CI 1.5 to 11.3; p=0.009). The proportion of mining-related jobs was higher among men with ED (defined as IIEF6 <26) (24/45, 54%) than among men without ED (2/39, 5%) (OR 21.1; 95% CI 4.5 to 98.4; p<0.001). Using a more stringent definition of ED (IIEF6 <22) gave similar results: 55% (20/36) of men with ED had a mining-related job versus 13% (6/48) of men without ED (OR 8.7; 95% CI 2.9 to 25.7; p=0.001).DiscussionThe findings of this preliminary study justify further epidemiological studies of the possible role of occupational exposures in the pathogenesis of male sexual dysfunction among miners and workers in the copper and cobalt industry.

Published
2020
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