PMID- 14610402
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20040227
LR  - 20161018
IS  - 1076-2752 (Print)
IS  - 1076-2752 (Linking)
VI  - 45
IP  - 11
DP  - 2003 Nov
TI  - Prevalence of airway symptoms and total serum immunoglobulin E among hairdressers 
      in Bergen: a four-year prospective study.
PG  - 1201-6
AB  - We examined changes in the self-reported prevalence of respiratory symptoms and 
      total serum immunoglobulin E (IgE) among hairdressers after local exhaust 
      ventilation was installed in some hairdresser salons. We also examined 
      differences in these variables between current and former hairdressers. The 
      survey was a prospective study on 91 female hairdressers and a control group of 
      80 female office workers. Total serum IgE remained high in the hairdresser groups 
      both in 1995 and 1999 (101 vs. 105 IU/mL blood). The IgE levels among office 
      workers were low in 1995 and 1999. Forty percent of the hairdressers in 1995 had 
      left their profession by 1999, 5.7 times the rate among office workers. The 
      frequency of wheezing in the past year decreased significantly among current and 
      former hairdressers. Our data suggest that hairdressers who remained in their 
      profession were a highly selected and healthy group of workers. The improvement 
      in symptoms might be explained by the reduced exposure resulting from the 
      installation of local exhaust ventilation.
FAU - Hollund, Bjorg Eli
AU  - Hollund BE
AD  - Section for Occupational Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway. 
      Bjorg.Hollund@isf.uib.no
FAU - Moen, Bente Elisabeth
AU  - Moen BE
FAU - Egeland, Grace M
AU  - Egeland GM
FAU - Florvaag, Erik
AU  - Florvaag E
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - J Occup Environ Med
JT  - Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
JID - 9504688
RN  - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Beauty Culture
MH  - Case-Control Studies
MH  - Dermatitis, Atopic/blood/*epidemiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Immunoglobulin E/*blood
MH  - Norway/epidemiology
MH  - Occupational Exposure/*adverse effects
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Respiratory Tract Diseases/*epidemiology
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
EDAT- 2003/11/12 05:00
MHDA- 2004/02/28 05:00
CRDT- 2003/11/12 05:00
PHST- 2003/11/12 05:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2004/02/28 05:00 [medline]
PHST- 2003/11/12 05:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1097/01.jom.0000094992.18110.c0 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Occup Environ Med. 2003 Nov;45(11):1201-6. doi: 
      10.1097/01.jom.0000094992.18110.c0.