The Burden of Respiratory Abnormalities Among Workers at Coffee Roasting and Packaging Facilities

• Main Authors: R. Reid Harvey (Author), Ethan D. Fechter-Leggett (Author), Rachel L. Bailey (Author), Nicole T. Edwards (Author), Kathleen B. Fedan (Author), M. Abbas Virji (Author), Randall J. Nett (Author), Jean M. Cox-Ganser (Author), Kristin J. Cummings (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Respiratory hazards in the coffee roasting and packaging industry can include asthmagens such as green coffee bean and other dust and alpha-diketones such as diacetyl and 2,3-pentanedione that can occur naturally from roasting coffee or artificially from addition of flavoring to coffee...