Occupational Asthma Reference
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AbouTaleb AN, Musaiger AO, Abdelmoneim RB,
Health status of cement workers in the United Arab Emirates,
J R Soc Health,
1995;115:378-381,
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Keywords: cement, cough, chronic bronchitis, eye
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Abstract
(UAE). A cross-sectional sample of 304 workers was selected randomly from four cement factories in four Emirates. Most of the workers (88%) were from India, married (84%) and had received primary education or above (93%). Smoking was prevalent among 27% of the workers and about 24% consumed alcoholic beverages. Personal hygiene was found to be satisfactory among the workers. The main health symptoms reported by the cement workers were chronic cough, chronic bronchitis, burning, itching and runny eyes, headache and fatigue. Chronic bronchitis (p < 0.007), burning, itching and runny eyes (p < 0.002) and fatigue (p < 0.004) were significantly increased with age of workers. Smoking was significantly associated with chronic cough (p < 0.03) and chronic bronchitis (p < 0.01). However, the chance of smokers getting respiratory health problems was two to five times greater compared with non-smokers. Future studies on the health of workers in UAE should include more investigations using specialised equipment to detect and diagnose health problems
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