莫桑比克木材加工工人的与工作有关的气道疾病和危险因素
P S Chamba1,2, R Baatjies1,3, T Singh4
1Occupational Medicine Division and Centre for Environmental & Occupational Health Research, School of Public Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 7925, South Africa.
Occupational medicine (Oxford, England)
|September 19, 2025
概括
莫桑比克加工厂的木尘暴露会导致严重的呼吸道疾病. 穆通多木与上空气道和下空气道的症状有关,而其他物种只影响上空气道.
科学领域:
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 呼吸系统医学 呼吸系统医学
背景情况:
- 吸入木尘,生物气溶和化学物质可能导致刺激性或敏感性呼吸道疾病.
- 由于暴露于颗粒物物,木材加工行业对呼吸道和眼鼻健康构成风险.
研究的目的:
- 调查木材加工工人中与工作有关的呼吸道疾病的疾病负担.
- 在这个人群中确定与工作相关喘 (WAS) 和眼鼻 (WONS) 症状相关的因素.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及莫桑比克21个木材行业450名工人的横截面研究.
- 使用欧洲共同体呼吸系统健康调查 (ECRHS) 调查问卷进行WAS和WONS评估.
- 包括螺旋测量,分数排气氧化 (FeNO) 测量,以及用于客观评估的Phadiatop测试.
主要成果:
- 14%的工人患有与工作相关的喘 (WAS),40%的人患有与工作相关的眼鼻 (WONS) 症状.
- 伤害与女性性别和相关;随着年龄的增长,支气管的可逆性.
- 处理Mutondo木材与WAS和WONS显示出正相关性;其他物种如Missanda,Panga-panga和红杉豆与WONS有关.
结论:
- 莫桑比克的木材加工商面临着来自木尘的大量与工作相关的呼吸道疾病风险.
- 穆通多木材暴露是上呼吸道和下呼吸道症状的重要因素.
- 特定的木材类型与独特的呼吸道症状发展模式有关.
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