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| Dairy workers (n = 185) | Control workers (n = 45) | ||||||
| Mean (SD) | Median | n | % | Mean (SD) | Median | n | % | |
| Work history |
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| Years in agriculture | 19.2 (12.6) | 17.0 |
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| 8.3 (6.5) | 6.0 |
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| Years working on any dairy | 8.7 (8.8) | 5.0 |
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| 0 | 0.0 |
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| History of PPE usea |
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| More than half the time |
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| 16 | 8.7 |
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| 14 | 31.1 |
| Up to half the time |
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| 26 | 14.0 |
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| 13 | 28.9 |
| Never or rarely |
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| 142 | 76.8 |
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| 18 | 40.0 |
| No response |
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| 1 | 0.5 |
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| 0 | 0.0 |
| Observed shift |
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| Length of work-shift (hrs) | 9.1 (0.9) | 9.0 |
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| 8.6 (0.2) | 8.0 |
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| Time spent working in dusty environment (mins) | 145 (200) | 1.0 |
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| 2.4 (3.8) | 0.0 |
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| # of days worked since last day | 3.1 (2.1) | 3.0 |
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| 3.9 (1.6) | 4.0 |
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| Mins spent in an enclosed cabb | 245 (62) | 0 |
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| 0 | 0 |
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| PPE usea |
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| Yes |
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| 1 | 0.5 |
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| 2 | 4.5 |
| No |
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| 26 | 14.1 |
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| 43 | 95.5 |
| No response |
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| 158 | 85.4 |
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| 0 | 0.0 |