Subject: asthma
Subject: bakery
Subject: exercise-related respiratory symptoms
Subject: exercise-induced bronchoconstriction
Subject: Occupational exposure
Year: 2013
Type: Article
Title: Exercise-related respiratory symptoms and exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in industrial bakers
Author: Jordan B. Minov
Author: Jovanka D. Karadzinska-Bislimovska
Author: Kristin V. Vasilevska
Author: Saso B. Stoleski
Author: Dragan G. Mijakoski
Abstract: In order to assess prevalence and characteristics of exercise-related respiratory symptoms (ERRS) and exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) in industrial bakery, the authors performed a cross-sectional study including 57 bakers and an equal number of office workers studied as a control. Evaluation of examined subjects included completion of a questionnaire, skin prick tests to common inhalant and occupational allergens, spirometry, and exercise and histamine challenge. The authors found a similar prevalence of ERRS and EIB in both bakers and controls. EIB was significantly associated with atopy, asthma, family history of asthma, and positive histamine challenge in either group, whereas in bakers it was closely related to sensitization to occupational allergens (p = .032). Bronchial reaction to exercise was significantly higher in bakers with EIB (25.7% vs 19.2%; p = .021). These findings suggest that occupational exposure in industrial bakery may accentuate bronchoconstrictive response to exercise.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Relation: Archives of environmental & occupational health
Identifier: oai:repository.ukim.mk:20.500.12188/9776
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/9776Identifier: 10.1080/19338244.2012.701249
Identifier: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/19338244.2012.701249Identifier: 68
Identifier: 4
