Natural history and risk factors of early respiratory responses to exposure to cotton dust in newly exposed workers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 853-861

  Bakirci, Nadi ^a   Kalaca, Sibel ^a   Francis, Helen ^b   Fletcher, Angela M ^b   Pickering, C Anthony C ^b   Tumerdem, Nazmi ^c   Cali, Sanda ^a   Oldham, Lesley ^b   Niven, Robert ^b  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Health Center of Airport Ground Handling Company   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON DUST; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TEST; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BYSSINOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; COTTON FIBER; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TURKEY;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 34547861352     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3180dca598     Document Type: Article

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