Occupational exposure to cleaning products and asthma in hospital workers

O. Dumas; C. Donnay; D.J.J. Heederik; M. Hery; D. Choudat; F. Kauffmann; N. le Moual

doi:10.1136/oemed-2012-100826

Occupational exposure to cleaning products and asthma in hospital workers

O. Dumas, C. Donnay, D.J.J. Heederik, M. Hery, D. Choudat, F. Kauffmann, N. le Moual

Julius Center, dept. Epidemiology & Health Economics

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OBJECTIVE: Cleaning products may cause work-related asthma, but information regarding the specific exposures involved is scarce. We aimed to determine the associations between asthma and occupational exposure to cleaning agents in hospital workers. METHODS: Analyses were conducted in 179 (136 women) hospital workers and a reference population of 545 subjects (18-79 years) from the French case-control and familial Epidemiological study on the Genetics and Environment of Asthma (2003-2007). Exposures to cleaning agents were estimated using three methods: self-report, expert assessment and an asthma-specific job-exposure matrix (JEM). Associations between cleaning products and current asthma were evaluated by logistic regressions, stratified by sex and adjusted for age and smoking status. RESULTS: According to expert assessment, 55% of male and 81% of female hospital workers were exposed to cleaning/disinfecting tasks weekly (p

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	883-889
Number of pages	8
Journal	Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Volume	69
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2012-100826
Publication status	Published - 2012

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