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Job Task Name Generate flour dust
Comments Job tasks include: flour milling or packing; bread or cake baking; debagging, sieving, weighing and mixing bread improvers (fungal amylase); Reference: "Work-related asthma in a population exposed to grain, flour and other ingredient dusts." Smith TA, Lumley KP. Occup Med (Oxf) 1996 Feb;46(1):37-40. Occupational asthma was reported in 35% of 279 bakers and millers exposed to wheat, rye, and soya flour. [Malo]
Job Task Category Food Processing
Hyperlink Occupational respiratory allergy in bakery workers: a review of the literature
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