Assessment of Respiratory Problems in workers associated with Intensive Poultry Facilities in Pakistan

ConclusionThese findings suggest that lung function capacity was directly related to years of working experience. With increasing number of working years symptoms of various respiratory problems enhanced in the poultry workers. It should be noted that most of the poultry workers were healthy and young, the rationale being that there is a high turnover rate in this profession. The mobility in this job and our finding of 86% of the healthy workers in the present study also proposed healthy worker survivor effect.
Source: Safety and Health at Work - Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research