Schlünssen V, Schaumburg I
Miljømedicinsk afdeling, Skive Sygehus, arbejds.
Ugeskr Laeger. 1998 Jan 26;160(5):609-15.
Two million workers worldwide are regularly exposed to wood dust in the work place. In Denmark alone approximately 40,000 workers are employed in the furniture industry where they are exposed to wood dust on a daily basis. This article reviews epidemiological at studies concerning the relationship between wood dust and the development of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and bronchitis. Fourteen cross-sectional studies and one register-based cohort study form the basis of this review. The conclusion is that despite possible methodological problems there seems to be a relationship between occupational exposure to the types of wood dust used in Denmark and the development of these pulmonary diseases. The results would indicate that further studies are clearly needed in order to study the incidence of these diseases and the relation to the specific types and amount of wood dust.
全球有200万工人在工作场所经常接触木尘。仅在丹麦，就有约4万名工人受雇于家具行业，他们每天都接触木尘。本文综述了有关木尘与哮喘、慢性阻塞性肺疾病（COPD）和支气管炎发病之间关系的流行病学研究。14项横断面研究和1项基于登记的队列研究构成了本综述的基础。结论是，尽管可能存在方法学问题，但丹麦使用的木尘类型的职业暴露与这些肺部疾病的发生之间似乎存在关联。结果表明，显然需要进一步研究这些疾病的发病率以及与木尘具体类型和数量的关系。
