Chronic lung function decline in cotton textile workers: Roles of historical and recent exposures to endotoxin

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1620-1624

  Shi, Jing ^a,b   Mehta, Amar J ^b   Hang, Jing qing ^c   Zhang, Hongxi ^c   Dai, Helian ^c   Su, Li ^b   Eisen, Ellen A ^b,d   Christiani, David C ^b,e  

^a CHINA INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS   (China)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c People s Hospital of Shanghai Putuo District   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Byssinosis; China; Chronic obstructive lung disease; Cotton textile workers; Occupational health; Organic dusts; Pulmonary function

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BYSSINOSIS; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON DUST; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC; BYSSINOSIS; COTTON FIBER; COUGH; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 78149301797     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0901178     Document Type: Article

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