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Eosinophil-related respiratory disease in aluminium workers
B Sorgdrager1, T M Pal, J G De Monchy
1Department of Allergology University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands.
La Medicina Del Lavoro
|September 1, 1992
Abstract:
We carried out a nested case-control study in an aluminium producing plant, using the results of pre-employment examination to identify workers with an increased risk of developing work-related obstructive respiratory symptoms. Cases (n=49) are those who had become unable to work because of work-related respiratory disease. They were compared with 49 matched controls. Pre-employment eosinophil count was strongly related to the occurrence of work-related obstructive respiratory disease. This finding is interesting in the light of a possible pathogenesis.