TY  - JOUR
AU  - Hamzah, Nurul Ainun 
AU  - Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri Mohd 
AU  - Ismail, Noor Hassim 
PY  - 2015
TI  - Respiratory Health of Male Steel Workers in the Eastern Coast of Peninsular Malaysia
JF  - American Journal of Applied Sciences
VL  - 12
IS  - 5
DO  - 10.3844/ajassp.2015.321.328
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajassp.2015.321.328
AB  - A cross sectional study was carried out to determine the prevalence of respiratory symptoms and associated factors with respiratory health among male steel workers. A total of 424 male workers in the steel production plant were recruited using a stratified random sampling. Subjects were interviewed regarding respiratory symptoms using a British Medical Research Council (BMRC) Questionnaire on respiratory symptoms and were examined their lung function using spirometry. Prevalence of chronic cough, chronic phlegm, chest tightness and shortness of breath were 35.8, 32.8, 23.4 and 22.4%, respectively. Age, duration employment and smoking were among the factors associated with respiratory symptoms (p