Self-reported work activities, eye, nose, and throat symptoms, and respiratory health outcomes among an industrial hog operation worker cohort, North Carolina, USA.
Vanessa R CoffmanDevon J HallNora PisanicDavid C LoveMaya NadimpalliMeredith McCormackMarie Diener-WestMeghan F DavisChristopher D HeaneyPublished in: American journal of industrial medicine (2021)
In this healthy volunteer worker population, increasingly unfavorable IHO activities were associated with self-reported eye, nose, throat, and respiratory health symptoms. Strong protective associations were seen between PPE use and handwashing and the odds of symptoms, warranting further investigation.