title: Association of active and passive smoking with occupational injury in manual workers: a cross-sectional study of the 2011 Korean working conditions survey.
abstract: This study was conducted to investigate the relationship of active and passive smoking with occupational injury among manual workers. Data from the 2011 Korean Working Conditions Survey were analyzed for 12,507 manual workers aged ≥15 yr. Overall, 60.4% of men and 5.8% of women were current smokers. The prevalence of injury was higher among never smokers who were exposed to secondhand smoke (SHS) (7.7% in men and 8.1% in women) than current smokers (4.2% in men and 4.1% in women). After controlling for potential confounders, in men, compared to those who never smoked and were not exposed to SHS, people who never smoked and were exposed to SHS (adjusted odds ratio (aOR)=3.7, 2.2-6.4) and current smokers (aOR=2.5, 1.6-3.8) were more likely to experience injury. Among women, the aORs of occupational injury were 8.4 (4.2-16.7) for never smoking women with occasional exposure to SHS and 3.5 (95% CI: 1.4-8.7) for current smokers, in comparison to never smoking women who were never exposed to SHS at work (reference group). The present study suggests that exposure to SHS is a possible risk factor of occupational injury for never smoking men and women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, School of Medicine, Inha University, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hwan-Cheol
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dirga Kumar
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Lamichhane
authors.forename: Dal-Young
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Hyoung-Ryoul
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Eun-Hee
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Sung-Soo
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Hee-Tae
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Kyung-Yong
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Rhee
authors.forename: Sei-Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D060051:Occupational Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution