Repeatedly inhale bioaerosols containing mold (asthmogenic)

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Occupational asthma confirmed in various workers (technicians, sugar beet processing, baker, sawmill, greenhouse, plywood factory, logging, coal mining, general labor, sausage processing, and stucco handling); [Malo] Also, see the various types of hypersensitivity pneumonitis caused by repeated inhalation of moldy materials.

Job Task Category

Miscellaneous

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Exposed To

Allergens

Diseases

Diseases associated with this job task:

• Asthma, occupational

Jobs

Jobs associated with this job task:

• Biologists, All Other
• Biology Science Teachers
• Biology Technicians
• Cementing and Gluing Machine Operators and Tenders
• Fallers
• Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
• Farmworkers, Farm & Ranch Animals
• Food Batchmakers
• Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
• Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
• Log Graders and Scalers
• Logging Equipment Operators
• Logging Workers, All Other
• Pharmacists
• Pharmacy Technicians
• Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
• Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists

Industries

Industries associated with this job task:

• CROP PRODUCTION
• Florists
• Forest Nurseries and Gathering of Forest Products
• FORESTY AND LOGGING
• General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
• Hardwood Veneer and Plywood Manufacturing
• Meat Markets
• Nursery and Tree Production
• Other Food Crops Grown Under Cover
• Pharmacies and Drug Stores
• Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
• Sawmills
• Softwood Veneer and Plywood Manufacturing
• Zoos and Botanical Gardens