| Summary: | 碩士 === 臺北醫學大學 === 公共衛生學系 === 91 === The aim of this study is to measure the distribution of wood dust and formaldehyde in a processing interior construction and to collect the health data of carpenters in interior construction.
This is a cross-sectional study. Eight processing interior construction places were selected. Environmental samples included total wood dust, respirable dust and formaldehyde. 35 workers’ demographic and health data were collected by a constructive questionnaire and pulmonary functional test to evaluate the health situation of the workers.
The results showed that the majority of workers are male with low education. They worked 40.2 hours per week. Most of 8-hour TWA total dust concentrations were lower than standard (10 mg/m3). However the highest level was up to 29 mg/m3, it varied with the work loading. The workers seldom use other personal protective devices except the wrong mouth muffles ues. Most of the workers smoke, environmental tobacco, dirty air, noise, and harmful chemical exposure were the most common complaints from our subjects. The top three of self-reported syndromes are eye irritation, cough and sputum. The results of lung functional test for workers showed that six workers suffered obstructive lung dysfunction and one suffered restrictive lung dysfunction.
The multiple regression model showed that amount of cigarettes smoking, work years and mouth muffle use are negatively correlated with lung functional index (i.e. FEV1/FVC).
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