Sector and job title | Participants in questionnaire study | Personal endotoxin measurements | Endotoxin exposure EU·m−3 |
Flower bulb trade | |||
Office worker | 40 | 3 | 15±1.1 |
Fork-lift truck operator | 10 | 2 | 86±1.3 |
Technician | 4 | 2 | 93±1.5 |
Packer | 8 | 9 | 170±3.4 |
Crop grower | 9 | 1 | 180 |
Operator | 55 | 14 | 690±2.9 |
Animal feed industry | |||
Office worker | 9 | 6 | 35±2.1 |
Lab worker | 3 | 4 | 59±2.1 |
Control room worker | 31 | 19 | 250±4.1 |
Truck driver | 6 | 10 | 250±8.9 |
Operator | 44 | 27 | 320±6.8 |
Technician | 10 | 7 | 400±2.5 |
Crane driver | 4 | 5 | 950±7.5 |
Cleaner | 2 | 3 | 1000±4.4 |
Unloader | 5 | 5 | 9500±2.8 |
Onion trade (modernised) | |||
Office worker | 8 | 3 | 380±3.7 |
Packer | 5 | 1 | 630 |
Fork-lift truck operator | 13 | 2 | 1100±2.4 |
Operator | 19 | 6 | 1300±3.3 |
Onion trade (traditional) | |||
Technician | 3 | 2 | 800±3.5 |
Fork-lift truck operator | 13 | 6 | 4100±3.7 |
Packer | 4 | 4 | 5300±1.4 |
Operator | 32 | 15 | 10000±1.6 |
Vegetable seed industry | |||
Lab worker | 12 | 2 | 22±1.3 |
Packer | 2 | 2 | 25±2.1 |
Crop grower | 5 | 2 | 36±1.7 |
Operator | 17 | 5 | 280±4.8 |
Farming | |||
Crop farmer | 137 | 30 | 63±2.2 |
Livestock farmer, mainly dairy | 314 | 46 | 220±4.6 |
Pig farmer | 53 | 6 | 3400±6.9 |
Data are presented as n or geometric mean±geometric sd. EU: endotoxin unit.