Byssinosis: a follow-up study of cotton ginnery workers in the Sudan.
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Byssinosis: a follow-up study of cotton ginnery workers in the Sudan.
A follow-up study of lung function tests and dust measurements was undertaken in ginnery workers employed in five ginning factories. Respiratory symptoms and respiratory function tests (FEV1 and FVC) were first recorded in 1967 on a total of 382 workers (323 permanently employed ginnery workers, 35 seasonal farfara workers, and 24 fire brigade men as controls). In 1969 after a six-month break f...
متن کاملA population study in cotton ginnery workers in the Sudan.
Khogali, M. (1969). Brit. J. industr. Med., 26, 308-313. A population study in cotton ginnery workers in the Sudan. An epidemiological study in cotton ginneries in the Sudan covered 323 permanently employed ginnery workers, a random sample of 35 seasonal farfara workers, and a control group of 24 members of a fire brigade. All the workers studied were men. The study showed a prevalence of byssi...
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15 صفحه اولRespiratory function during the day in cotton workers: a study in byssinosis.
Some of the workers in the dustier parts of a cotton mill (cardand blow-rooms) develop byssinosis. They experience tightness of the chest and breathlessness on Mondays or on the first day at work after an absence; these symptoms come on gradually, reaching a peak during the afternoon or early evening. In the early stages (Grade I) the workers feel quite fit by the next day; in the more severely...
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 1976
ISSN: 1351-0711
DOI: 10.1136/oem.33.3.166