Introduction: Exposure to flour dust is an important risk factor in occurrence of allergic airway disorders among mill workers. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of respiratory symptoms and its relation with exposure to respirable dust. Materials and Methods: In this study, all of 35 workers who worked in the flour producing section of three factories were chosen as ca...

introduction: exposure to flour dust is an important risk factor in occurrence of allergic airway disorders among mill workers. the purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of respiratory symptoms and its relation with exposure to respirable dust. materials and methods: in this study, all of 35 workers who worked in the flour producing section of three factories were chosen as case...

background: workers in cotton industry are occupationally exposed to various dust-related hazards. the nature of these agents and the respective exposure levels depend on the cotton industry specific sector. these exposures could be associated with respiratory symptoms and changes in lung function parameters. objective: to evaluate associations between occupational exposure and respiratory func...

3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coa reductase inhibitors (statins), are effective serum cholesterol-lowering agents which also have anti-inflammatory properties. the objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of atorvastatin on bronchial hyperresponsiveness. adult patients (age 14 to 65 years) with bronchial hyperresponsiveness (bhr) diagnosis based on the spirometry with methacholine challe...

introduction: pulmonary involvement secondary to systemic sclerosis (ssc) is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in ssc patients. we designed this study to determine the correlation of important lung function parameters with lung high resolution ct (hrct) scan findings.materials and methods: thirty–two consecutive diffuse ssc patients with pulmonary fibrosis were enrolled in this cross-s...

previous literature has implicated that there might be an individual susceptibility difference in terms of race/ethnicity and gender in response to second hand smoke (shs) exposure. this study was done to examine the effect of shs exposure on lung function in non-smoking korean women.this cross-sectional study was conducted using the korea national health and nutrition examination survey (knhan...

background welding is defined as linking two metals with a local conjunction in sufficient thermal, pressing and metallurgical condition. there are several methods for linking two metals in welding. objectives welding is one of the professional jobs in iran, yet there have not been considerable studies on its harmful effects. the current study aimed to compare lung functional tests between weld...

Objective: To determine if patients with bronchiectasis and non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) have a higher prevalence of aspergillus-related lung disease. Methods: A series of 30 consecutive patients with bronchiectasis and NTM (cases) were compared with 61 patients with bronchiectasis and no evidence of NTM (controls). Aspergillus serology and computerised tomography (CT) of thorax were used...

Introduction: Occupational lung diseases are some of the common causes function impairment. Spirometry is a gold standard to determine and, diagnose obstructive and restrictive diseases. Therefore, this study aimed prevalence abnormal among employees different industries Bhutan. Methods: This retrospective was carried out by retrieving all spirometry findings demographic variables Bhutan from S...