Occupational use of high-level disinfectants and asthma incidence in early- to mid-career female nurses: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Occupational use of disinfectants among healthcare workers has been associated with asthma. However, most studies are cross-sectional, and longitudinal studies are not entirely consistent. To limit the healthy worker effect, it is important to conduct studies among early- to mid-career workers. We investigated the prospective association between use of disinfectants and asthma incidence in a large cohort of early- to mid-career female nurses.

Methods

The Nurses' Health Study 3 is an ongoing, prospective, internet-based cohort of female nurses in the USA and Canada (2010-present). Analyses included 17 280 participants without a history of asthma at study entry (mean age: 34 years) and who had completed ≥1 follow-up questionnaire (sent every 6 months). Occupational

SUBMITTER: Dumas O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7985390 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature