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Respiratory and Ocular Symptoms Among Employees at Swedish Indoor Swimming Pools
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Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health),2016
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https://doi.org/10.1097/jom.0000000000000883DOI
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Background:This study investigated trichloramine exposure and prevalence of respiratory and ocular symptoms among Swedish indoor swimming pool workers.Methods:Questionnaires were distributed to pool workers and referents. Lung function and fraction of exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) were measured before and after work. Exposure to trichloramine and trihalomethanes was measured over work shifts.Results:The mean personal trichloramine exposure was 36g/m(3). Significantly more exposed workers reported ocular and nasal symptoms. There were significant differences between groups in FeNO change following work, with exposed showing increased FeNO, which grew when analyses included only nonsmokers.Conclusions:The findings indicate that indoor swimming pool environments may have irritating effects on mucous membranes. FeNO data also indicate an inflammatory effect on central airways, but the clinical relevance is unclear. Low trichloramine levels found in this study were not associated with health effects.
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Westerlund, J.
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Graff, P.
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Bryngelsson, I. L.
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Molleby, G.
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Olin, Anna-Carin,1960Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa, enheten för arbets-och miljömedicin,Institute of Medicine, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Section of Occupational and environmental medicine(Swepub:gu)xolina
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Eriksson, K.
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Westberg, H.
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Göteborgs universitetInstitutionen för medicin, avdelningen för samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa, enheten för arbets-och miljömedicin
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In:Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)58:12, s. 1190-11951076-2752
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