title: [Waste management--health: a longitudinal study].
abstract: Altogether 256 (148 men and 108 women) employees from manual sorting facilities and 120 (98 men and 22 women) employees from compost facilities were examined The main focus of the investigations was in the assessment of the lung-function and the immune-system. A part of employees (87 in sorting and 34 in compost facilities) was observed over a period of 3 years. The lung-function was in the area of the expected values, decreased however from year to year. The concentration of total-IgE increased over the period of 3 years. The observation is from great interest that the difference of the concentration of the total-IgE fluctuated within the 3 years at the employees of manual sorting facilities from +200% to -100% while it amounted to 0% at employees of the compost facilities.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Hygiene der Universität Graz.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marth
authors.forename: F F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Reinthaler
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Haas
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Eibel
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Feierl
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Wendelin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jelovcan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barth
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000097:blood; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012037:Refuse Disposal; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D007073:Immunoglobulin E