Exposure to cooking fumes in cafeteria workers in Korean schools: a pilot study.

IF 1.8 4区医学 Q3 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH Annals Of Work Exposures and Health Pub Date : 2024-10-18 DOI:10.1093/annweh/wxae078

Daesung Lim, Yong Min Cho

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Abstract

Objectives: This study measured cooking fumes to which workers in school cafeterias may be exposed.

Methods: The measurement items were respirable dust, formaldehyde, and carbon monoxide. A total of 111 samples were obtained from 55 schools. Data on variables such as school size and daily cooking oil usage were collected. Correlation and association analysis were performed.

Results: The median of concentrations of respirable dust was 38.37 µg/m3 (min-max: 20.73-49.71 µg/m3). The concentrations of formaldehyde and carbon monoxide also showed levels that did not exceed 20% for occupational exposure limits. The increase in school size was significantly correlated with the increase in daily cooking oil usage and had a significant correlation with respirable dust concentration (Spearman's correlation coefficient, 0.36; P <0.05). The linear regression test results adjusting for other variables were also similar.

Conclusions: Cooking food by frying at high heat using cooking oil can increase the exposure of kitchen workers to respirable dust.

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韩国学校食堂工作人员接触烹饪油烟的情况：一项试点研究。

研究目的本研究测量了学校食堂工作人员可能接触到的烹饪油烟：测量项目为可吸入粉尘、甲醛和一氧化碳。共从 55 所学校采集了 111 份样本。收集了学校规模和每日食用油用量等变量数据。研究人员对这些数据进行了相关性和关联性分析：可吸入粉尘浓度的中位数为 38.37 微克/立方米（最小值-最大值：20.73-49.71 微克/立方米）。甲醛和一氧化碳的浓度也未超过职业接触限值的 20%。使用食用油高温煎炸烹饪食物会增加厨房工人接触可吸入粉尘的机会。

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Annals Of Work Exposures and Health Medicine-Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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期刊介绍： About the Journal Annals of Work Exposures and Health is dedicated to presenting advances in exposure science supporting the recognition, quantification, and control of exposures at work, and epidemiological studies on their effects on human health and well-being. A key question we apply to submission is, "Is this paper going to help readers better understand, quantify, and control conditions at work that adversely or positively affect health and well-being?" We are interested in high quality scientific research addressing: the quantification of work exposures, including chemical, biological, physical, biomechanical, and psychosocial, and the elements of work organization giving rise to such exposures; the relationship between these exposures and the acute and chronic health consequences for those exposed and their families and communities; populations at special risk of work-related exposures including women, under-represented minorities, immigrants, and other vulnerable groups such as temporary, contingent and informal sector workers; the effectiveness of interventions addressing exposure and risk including production technologies, work process engineering, and personal protective systems; policies and management approaches to reduce risk and improve health and well-being among workers, their families or communities; methodologies and mechanisms that underlie the quantification and/or control of exposure and risk. There is heavy pressure on space in the journal, and the above interests mean that we do not usually publish papers that simply report local conditions without generalizable results. We are also unlikely to publish reports on human health and well-being without information on the work exposure characteristics giving rise to the effects. We particularly welcome contributions from scientists based in, or addressing conditions in, developing economies that fall within the above scope.