International archives of occupational and environmental health.
Publisher:
Springer-Verlag.
Frequency: Eight no. a year 2010-
Country: Germany
Language: English
Start Year:1975 -
ISSN:
0340-0131 (Print)
1432-1246 (Electronic)
0340-0131 (Linking)
1432-1246 (Electronic)
0340-0131 (Linking)
Impact Factor
3
2022
| NLM ID: | 7512134 |
| (OCoLC): | 01718978 |
| (DNLM): | I20080000(s) |
| Coden: | IAEHDW |
| LCCN: | 76642762 |
| Classification: | W1 IN7043 |
Occupational respiratory health of New Zealand horse trainers. To confirm that working with horses is an occupational respiratory hazard and observed associations are not attributable to confounding. Methods: A postal survey of the respiratory health of 659 horse trainers and a comparison group of 506 vegetable growers was conducted. Data were analysed using logistic regression. Results: Relative to vegetable growers, horse trainers reported higher rates of chronic bronchitis [odds ratio (OR) = 6.8, 95% confidence interval (CI): 2.2-21.4] and organic dust toxic syndrome/farmers' lung (ODTS/FL) (OR = 3.5, 95% CI: 1.8-6.8). Grinding oats, spreading hay, and...