Zuskin Eugenija, Mustajbegovic Jadranka, Schachter E Neil, Kern Josipa, Deckovic-Vukres Vlasta, Trosic Ivancica, Chiarelli Angelo
Andrija Stampar School of Public Health, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
J Occup Environ Med. 2008 Nov;50(11):1299-305. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181845f6c.
Pesticide aerosols are frequently toxic irritants associated with respiratory symptoms and lung function impairment.
A cross-sectional study examined the prevalence of acute and chronic respiratory symptoms and lung function abnormalities in 82 workers employed in processing pesticides and in 60 control workers not exposed to irritants and employed in a soft drink bottling plant.
The prevalence of almost all chronic respiratory symptoms was greater among pesticide workers than among controls. A logistic regression analysis shows differences between men and women. There was a high prevalence of acute symptoms during the work shift in pesticide workers. The data on ventilatory capacity indicates significant reductions in all tests compared to predicted. Multivariate analysis of lung function showed differences in smoking and work exposure effects in men and women.
Our data indicate that duration of work exposure in the pesticide processing industry may be associated with the development of acute and chronic respiratory symptoms and lung function changes. These effects appear to be aggravated by smoking.
农药气雾剂通常是有毒刺激物，与呼吸道症状和肺功能损害有关。
一项横断面研究调查了82名从事农药加工的工人以及60名未接触刺激物且受雇于软饮料瓶装厂的对照工人中急性和慢性呼吸道症状及肺功能异常的患病率。
几乎所有慢性呼吸道症状的患病率在农药工人中高于对照组。逻辑回归分析显示了男性和女性之间的差异。农药工人在工作班次期间急性症状的患病率很高。通气能力数据表明，与预测值相比，所有测试中的数值均显著降低。肺功能的多变量分析显示，吸烟和工作暴露对男性和女性的影响存在差异。
我们的数据表明，农药加工业的工作暴露时长可能与急性和慢性呼吸道症状的发展以及肺功能变化有关。吸烟似乎会加剧这些影响。
