Job activities and respiratory symptoms among farmworkers in North CarolinaMaria C Mirabelli
Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Divisionof Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
Arch Environ Occup Health 66:178-82. 2011
..The odds were decreased among individuals who reported harvesting activities (odds ratio: 0.3, 95% confidence interval: 0.1, 1.0). Among Latino farmworkers, respiratory symptoms may be associated with work activities...
- Occupation and three-year incidence of respiratory symptoms and lung function decline: the ARIC Study
Maria C Mirabelli
Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA
Respir Res 13:24. 2012
..Specific occupations are associated with adverse respiratory health. Inhalation exposures encountered in these jobs may place workers at risk of new-onset respiratory disease...
- Occupational risk factors for hand dermatitis among professional cleaners in Spain
Maria C Mirabelli
Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
Contact Dermatitis 66:188-96. 2012
..Dermatitis is an important health outcome for workers whose jobs put them in contact with irritants or sensitizing agents...
- Occupation and the prevalence of respiratory health symptoms and conditions: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study
Maria C Mirabelli
Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
J Occup Environ Med 54:157-65. 2012
..To examine associations between occupation and respiratory health in a large, population-based cohort of adults in the United States...
Poultry processing work and respiratory health of Latino men and women in North CarolinaMaria C Mirabelli
Departments of Epidemiology and Prevention, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
J Occup Environ Med 54:177-83. 2012
..To evaluate associations between poultry processing work and respiratory health among working Latino men and women in North Carolina...
- Symptoms of heat illness among Latino farm workers in North Carolina
Maria C Mirabelli
Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157 1063, USA
Am J Prev Med 39:468-71. 2010
..Symptoms of occupational heat illness provide an early warning that workers are in potentially life-threatening environmental conditions...
- Migrant farmworker housing regulation violations in North Carolina
Thomas A Arcury
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1084, USA
Am J Ind Med 55:191-204. 2012
..This analysis examines housing regulation violations experienced by migrant farmworkers in North Carolina, and the associations of camp characteristics with the presence of housing violations...
Asthma symptoms among adolescents who attend public schools that are located near confined swine feeding operationsMaria C Mirabelli
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Pediatrics 118:e66-75. 2006
..We assessed the relationship between estimated exposure to airborne effluent from confined swine feeding operations and asthma symptoms among adolescents who were aged 12 to 14 years...
