This study was conducted on exposure assessment for the prevalence of lung related diseases in cotton ginners. The included 75 subjects age groups 15–65 years from similar socio-economic status. Fifty were exposed to dust, while 25 not exposed. pulmonary function test, peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) performed diagnose presence any disorder. decrease PEFR showed an obstructive impairmen...

Raw cotton is brought to the Lancashire spinning mills in tightly compressed bales. The bales are opened and teased out in the cotton-room. The cotton is then conveyed to the blow-room where some of the dirt and short fibres are removed. In the card-room the cotton is combed by the wire teeth of the carding engines and passed through a series of machines called combers,* draw, slubbing, interme...

______________________________________________________________________________________________ Background: Jute industry workers constantly exposed themselves to jute dust and are at risk of impairment of lung function. Investigation on various studies revealed the effects of exposure to jute dust but limited studies so far undertaken regarding its bearing on pulmonary function of jute workers ...

INTERNATIONAl. CONFERENCE ON BYSSINOSIS 81S study may have been due to the differences in dust concentrations for the different cottons. An accurate adjustment for these differences cannot be made because only two closely spaced points on the doseresponse curve for standard cotton dust were obtained, and it may not be accurate to assume a similar slope for the dose-response to closed boll cotto...

endotoxin often demonstrate increased numbers of various cell types. Would this partly explain your results? Dr. Rylandet.: That's probably what we see: the exposure levels in workers are above those required to cause mill fever. A similar thing happens to sewage workers. Dr. Kreutzer: Have you used a variety of endotoxin preparations? Might there be chemotactic factors in your preparation? Dr....

Objectives—The aims of this study were to document the prevalence of work related upper and lower respiratory tract symptoms in workers exposed to organic dusts and to identify variables predictive of their occurrence. Methods—A cross sectional survey with an administered questionnaire (a previously validated adaptation of the Medical Research Council (MRC) respiratory questionnaire) was perfor...