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 1 Workplace exacerbation of asthma symptoms: findings from a population-based study in Maine
Authors Henneberger-PK; Deprez-RD; Asdigian-N; Oliver-LC; Derk-S; Goe-SK 
Source Arch Environ Health 2003 Dec; 58(12):781-788 
Link http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-131937357.html 
NIOSHTIC No. 20026619 
AbstractIn this population-based study of asthma in the State of Maine, the authors investigated how often asthma symptoms were exacerbated in the workplace. Participants from 5 hospital service areas in Maine completed a telephone questionnaire. Of 474 adult participants (18-65 yr of age) employed during the preceding year and for whom information on occupation and industry was available, 64 (13.5%) were identified with current asthma, including 28 (5.9%) with current physician-diagnosed asthma and 36 (7.6%) who met criteria for symptoms consistent with asthma. Jobs were identified a priori as "high-risk" or "low-risk" for asthma. Of the 64 asthma cases, 16 (25%) reported that their coughing or wheezing worsened at work. Among the symptom-based cases, the percentage with workplace exacerbation of asthma was elevated for high-risk jobs (7/14 = 50%) vs. low-risk jobs (3/22 = 13.6%) (p = 0.03). No similar elevation was observed for individuals with current physician-diagnosed asthma, which might have resulted, in part, from a healthy worker effect. 
KeywordsWorkers; Worker-health; Work-environment; Bronchial-asthma; Demographic-characteristics; Questionnaires; Age-factors; Risk-factors; Risk-analysis; Occupational-exposure; Occupational-health 
CODENAEHLAU 
Publication Date20031201 
Document TypeJournal Article 
Email Addresspkh0@cdc.gov 
Fiscal Year2004 
NTIS Accession No. 
NTIS Price 
Issue of Publication12 
ISSN0003-9896 
NIOSH DivisionDRDS 
Source NameArchives of Environmental Health 
StateWV 
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