title: [The effect of wood dust on the respiratory system. Medical examination of furniture factory workers].
abstract: The medical-environmental questionnaire, physical examination and pre-shift and post-shift spirometry have been performed in 48 furniture factory workers. The workers showed the work-related symptoms: cough, shortness of breath, chest pain, headache, general malaise, skin symptoms, eye symptoms, rhinitis. No relationship was found between the spirometry values and the frequency of the symptoms. The exposed workers showed a significant post-shift reduction of the FVC, FEV1, FEV1%VC and PEF (p < 0.001). The higher drops of the spirometric parameters occurred in younger workers. The presented data show that processing of wood may be associated with the work-related respiratory symptoms and diseases in exposed workers.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Kliniki Chorób Płuc i Gruźlicy, Akademii Medycznej w Lublinie.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Milanowski
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Krysińska-Traczyk
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Skórska
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cholewa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sitkowska
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dutkiewicz
authors.lastname: Fafrowicz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004391:Dust / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007374:Interior Design and Furnishings; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D010808:Physical Examination; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D013147:Spirometry; D014934:Wood
chemical_list: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D004391:Dust