title: [Immunologic status, respiratory symptoms and ventilatory function in fur processing workers].
abstract: A group of 54 women employed in the fur processing industry and a control group of 31 non-furriers were examined. The highest prevalence of positive immediate skin reactions to antigen from animal hair was found for marten (10%), followed by fox and lamb (7%), mink (5%) and chinese lamb, domestic fox and chinese calf (2%). Precipitating antibodies were demonstrated for lamb (17%), astrakhan (14%), mink, domestic fox and for skunk (12%), chinese lamb (10%), and chinese calf (7%). Increased total IgE was found in 9.5% of the furriers. Chronic respiratory symptoms were more prevalent among workers with positive skin tests and positive precipitins than among those with negative tests. The prevalence of the acute symptoms was higher among workers with precipitins than in those without them. There was no such relationship between the symptoms and the results of skin tests. Acute reductions of ventilatory capacity over the work shift occurred in workers with positive precipitins but not in those with positive skin tests. Our study suggests that furriers can develop acute and chronic respiratory difficulties frequently associated with specific indicators of atopy.
authors: Skola narodnog zdravlja "Andrija Stampar" Medicinskog fakulteta Sveucilista u Zagrebu.
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Zuskin
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Kanceljak
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Stilinović
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Godnić-Cvar
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Tonković-Lojović
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001188:Artiodactyla / Q000276:immunology; D002335:Carnivora / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000032:analysis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D015656:Respiratory Mechanics; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D012377:Rodentia / Q000276:immunology; D012882:Skin Tests
chemical_list: D007136:Immunoglobulins
vernacular_title: Imunoloski status, respiratorni simptomi i ventilacijske funkcije radnica na preradi krzna.