Work-related airways disease and risk factors in Mozambiquan wood processing workers
Mozambiquan wood processors experience significant work-related airway disease attributable to dust particulate. Mutondo wood type, was positively correlated with both lower and upper airway symptoms, whereas other species were linked only to upper airway symptoms.
Authors
- Paulino Chamba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2800-708X)
- Roslynn Baatjies (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3772-071X)
- Tanusha Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9583-087X)
- Mohamed F. Jeebhay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6656-9193)
Institutions
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- Cape Peninsula University of Technology (ZA)
- Eduardo Mondlane University (MZ)
- University of Johannesburg (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Occupational Medicine
- Published
- 2025-08-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqaf090
- Primary Topic
- Occupational exposure and asthma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- Fogarty International Center