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Poultry Processing Work and Respiratory Health of Latino Men and Women in North Carolina.
- Source :
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Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine . Feb2012, Vol. 54 Issue 2, p177-183. 7p. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- The article presents a study which examines the associations between respiratory health and poultry processing work of Latino men and women in North Carolina. It notes that the findings of the study reveal that poultry processing work may affect the normal functioning of lungs despite of the low prevalence of respiratory symptoms reported. One of the problems reported by these workers is asthma.
- Subjects :
- *CONFIDENCE intervals
*EPIDEMIOLOGY
*HISPANIC Americans
*INTERVIEWING
*LABOR supply
*SCIENTIFIC observation
*POULTRY
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*RESEARCH funding
*RESPIRATORY diseases
*SEX distribution
*SMOKING
*SPIROMETRY
*STATISTICS
*DATA analysis
*CROSS-sectional method
*DATA analysis software
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10762752
- Volume :
- 54
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 71965914
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0b013e31823d86f2