Pisaniello D L, Tkaczuk M N, Owen N
Department of Community Medicine, University of Adelaide, South Australia.
J Occup Med. 1992 Aug;34(8):788-92. doi: 10.1097/00043764-199208000-00012.
The quantitative relationship of occupational exposure to airborne wood dust with nasal and pulmonary health problems is not clearly established, particularly for low to moderate exposures in the wooden furniture manufacturing industry. We examined the associations of pulmonary and nasal symptoms, wood dust exposure, and lifestyle variables (cigarette smoking, alcohol use, overweight, physical inactivity, and stress) in a sample of 168 woodworkers. Levels of wood dust exposure were not systematically associated with symptoms. Statistically significant associations were found for cigarette smoking; after controlling for the effects of smoking, heavy drinking was significantly associated with pulmonary symptoms, and perceived stress was associated with both pulmonary and nasal symptoms. These findings suggest that studies of the effects of low-level occupational wood dust exposures should control for the potential effects of lifestyle variables.
职业性接触空气中木尘与鼻和肺部健康问题之间的定量关系尚未明确确立，尤其是在木制家具制造业中低至中度接触的情况下。我们在168名木工样本中研究了肺部和鼻部症状、木尘接触以及生活方式变量（吸烟、饮酒、超重、缺乏身体活动和压力）之间的关联。木尘接触水平与症状没有系统性关联。发现吸烟存在统计学显著关联；在控制吸烟影响后，大量饮酒与肺部症状显著相关，而感知到的压力与肺部和鼻部症状均相关。这些发现表明，对低水平职业性木尘接触影响的研究应控制生活方式变量的潜在影响。
