dc.contributor.author | Saygun M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Cakmak A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ekici A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Pinar T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Bulcun E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ulu N. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ekici M. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-06-25T15:13:52Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-06-25T15:13:52Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 10762752 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0b013e318124a8f3 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12587/1951 | |
dc.description | PubMed: 17693789 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | OBJECTIVE: We investigated whether long-term, low-level exposures to solvents had adverse longitudinal effects on pulmonary functions. METHODS: The study was performed on 1091 workers 5 years ago and then on 697 workers 5 years later. Chronic respiratory symptoms were recorded using a questionnaire on respiratory symptoms. RESULTS: The annual decrease in forced expiratory volume in 1 second in the workers exposed to solvents was not significantly different from that of the unexposed workers (69.7 ± 89.9 vs 75.8 ± 87.6 mL/yr, P = 0.5, respectively). In 453 workers who were exposed to solvents 5 years ago, the prevalence rate of asthma was 1.1%. Five years later, it was 3.6% in 193 workers from the same group. The difference was statistically significant (P = 0.03). CONCLUSIONS: Longitudinally, the chronic exposure to low doses of solvents does not adversely affect the pulmonary functions, whereas it increases the asthma prevalence. ©2007The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318124a8f3 | en_US |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess | en_US |
dc.title | Five annual observations of respiratory findings in gun factory workers exposed to solvents | en_US |
dc.type | article | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Kırıkkale Üniversitesi | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 49 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issue | 8 | en_US |
dc.identifier.startpage | 909 | en_US |
dc.identifier.endpage | 912 | en_US |
dc.relation.journal | Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine | en_US |
dc.relation.publicationcategory | Makale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı | en_US |