The Burden of Respiratory Abnormalities Among Workers at Coffee Roasting and Packaging Facilities

Introduction: Respiratory hazards in the coffee roasting and packaging industry can include asthmagens such as green coffee bean and other dust and alpha-diketones such as diacetyl and 2,3-pentanedione that can occur naturally from roasting coffee or artificially from addition of flavoring to coffee...

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Main Authors: R. Reid Harvey, Ethan D. Fechter-Leggett, Rachel L. Bailey, Nicole T. Edwards, Kathleen B. Fedan, M. Abbas Virji, Randall J. Nett, Jean M. Cox-Ganser, Kristin J. Cummings
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00005/full