Table 6 Acute symptoms in exposed female and male workers in food processing, textile and farming industries
Group | Sex | N | Cough % | Dyspnea % | Throat | Eye irritation % | Nose | Headache % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | irritation % | dryness % | Â | secretion % | dryness % | bleeding % | Â |
All food processing workers | F | 746 | 45.8 | 39.7 | 42.7 | 36.2 | 41.4 | 21.0 | 41.5 | 24.5 | 32.3 |
| Â | M | 259 | 39.7 | 44.5 | 42.7 | 37.7 | 42.0 | 24.3 | 39.3 | 19.2 | 28.0 |
All textile workers | F | 381 | 65.6 | 55.8 | 59.3 | 59.9 | 62.8 | 26.3 | 38.7 | 25.0 | 44.4 |
| Â | M | 173 | 64.1 | 56.6 | 56.2 | 54.3 | 58.7 | 24.0 | 37.9 | 24.3 | 31.5 |
All farmers | F | 252 | 53.3 | 44.9 | 48.8 | 35.9 | 44.7 | 19.7 | 31.7 | 10.9 | 28.4 |
| Â | M | 1200 | 48.2 | 41.0 | 34.7 | 33.7 | 36.9 | 17.1 | 29.4 | 17.2 | 13.0 |