title: Poultry processing work and respiratory health of Latino men and women in North Carolina.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate associations between poultry processing work and respiratory health among working Latino men and women in North Carolina.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between May 2009 and November 2010, 402 poultry processing workers and 339 workers in a comparison population completed interviewer-administered questionnaires. Of these participants, 279 poultry processing workers and 222 workers in the comparison population also completed spirometry testing to provide measurements of forced expiratory volume in 1 second and forced vital capacity.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nine percent of poultry processing workers and 10% of workers in the comparison population reported current asthma. Relative to the comparison population, adjusted mean forced expiratory volume in 1 second and forced vital capacity were lower in the poultry processing population, particularly among men who reported sanitation job activities.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Despite the low prevalence of respiratory symptoms reported, poultry processing work may affect lung function.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Epidemiology and Prevention, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA. mmirabel@wakehealth.edu
authors.forename: Maria C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Mirabelli
authors.forename: Arjun B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Arcury
authors.forename: Dana C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Mora
authors.forename: Jill N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Blocker
authors.forename: Joseph G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Grzywacz
authors.forename: Haiying
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Antonio J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Marín
authors.forename: Mark R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Schulz
authors.forename: Sara A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Quandt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D009657:North Carolina / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D011202:Poultry Products / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015995:Prevalence; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult