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Respiratory diseases in French cork workers.
Inhal Toxicol
December 2003
Département de Pathologies Professionnelles, UFR de Médecine, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France.
A cross-sectional study on suberosis was conducted in the Champagne-Ardenne County, France, to determine the prevalence of respiratory symptoms, the level of pulmonary function, and the presence of precipitins against Penicillium frequentans. Thirteen of the 33 workers exposed to cork dust had respiratory symptoms excluding hypersensitivity pneumonitis. The respiratory symptoms were not correlated with tobacco habits or duration of exposure.
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Allerg Immunol (Paris)
June 2002
Hospital de São João and Faculdade de Medicina-Universidade do Porto-4200 Porto, Portugal.
Unlabelled: Suberosis is an occupational lung disease of cork workers associated with repeated exposure to mouldy cork dust in the cork industry, usually presenting as an interstitial lung disorder (Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis). However, Occupational Asthma can also be associated with cork dust exposure and demonstrated by serial peak expiratory flow changes.
Aim: To investigate broncho-alveolar inflammation in patients with cork work-related occupational asthma, evaluated by Broncho-alveolar fluid cellular profiles and serial peak expiratory flow (PEF) rates monitoring.
Respiratory symptoms and pulmonary function of workers exposed to cork dust, toluene diisocyanate and conidia.
Scand J Work Environ Health
June 1990
Department of Pneumology, Hospital General Vali d'Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain.
A cross-sectional study on suberosis was conducted to determine the prevalence of respiratory symptoms and the level of pulmonary function, and their relationships within job categories of exposure to cork dust, toluene diisocyanate (TDI) resin bonding and conidia, among cork workers. Exposure-response relationships, with confounders taken into account, showed specific associations between cork dust and chronic bronchitis, TDI and asthma, and conidia and symptoms of hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Workers exposed to these risk factors had reduced mean spirometric values.
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