Serum IgE Antibodies against Hazelnut in Hazelnut Processing Workers

Table 6

Chronic respiratory symptoms of female workers exposed to food processing industries.

	𝑛	Cough %	Phlegm %	Dyspnea %
All food processing workers [8]	746	24.9	19.1	21.4
Coffee	82	29.3	24.4	29.3
Tea	100	29.0	15.0	26.0
Spices	92	22.8	19.6	57.6
Soy	31	29.7	18.5	15.2
Animal food	35	20.1	20.1	9.3
Dried fruits	54	16.7	12.9	33.3
Confectionary	259	23.9	9.3	12.7
Cocoa and flour	93	27.9	21.3	13.8
Hazelnut workers [7]	150	10.0	9.3	6.0
The present study	88	8	10.2	5.7