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Lung function in textile workers.
Acute changes in ventilatory function during a workshift with exposure to hemp, flax, and cotton dust were measured on Mondays in a group of 61 textile workers, all working on carding machines. In addition, single-breath diffusing capacity (DLCOSB) was measured before dust exposure on Monday in 30 of the 61 workers. Large acute reductions during dust exposure were recorded in maximum expiratory...
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متن کاملAssessment of respiratory symptoms and lung function among textile workers at Kano Textile Mills, Kano, Nigeria.
BACKGROUND The number of textile industries in Nigeria with large work force is on the rise. There is thus the need to assess medical challenges of its workers, one of which is respiratory ailments. Although much has been written about the subject globally, only few studies have been done in Nigeria. This study aims to address this gap. OBJECTIVE A cross-sectional study was undertaken to dete...
متن کاملPulmonary Function Among Cotton Textile Workers
Longitudinal variability in respiratory responses, ineluding symptom reporting and across-shift change in ventilatory function, were examined in relation to long-term loss of ventilatory function in a group of 447 cotton textile workers in Shanghai, China. The study used a standardized respiratory questionnaire and standardized spirometric testing before and after a work shift on the first day ...
متن کاملChronic Lung Function Decline in Cotton Textile Workers: Roles of Historical and Recent Exposures to Endotoxin
BACKGROUND Long-term occupational exposure to cotton dust that contains endotoxin is associated with chronic respiratory symptoms and excessive decline in forced expiratory volume in 1 sec (FEV1), but the mechanisms of endotoxin-related chronic airflow obstruction remain unclear. OBJECTIVE In the current study, we examined temporal aspects of the exposure-response relationship between airborn...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 1975
ISSN: 1351-0711
DOI: 10.1136/oem.32.4.283