Exposure to dust and endotoxin in textile processing workers

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 403-409

  Paudyal, Priyamvada ^a   Semple, Sean ^a   Niven, Robert ^b   Tavernier, Gael ^b   Ayres, Jonathan G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b North West Lung Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carpet; cotton; developing countries; dust; endotoxin; garment; Nepal; recycling; weaving

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE ENDOTOXIN; CARPET; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDOTOXIN; FOUR SECTOR; FULL-SHIFT; GARMENT; GARMENT SECTOR; GEOMETRIC MEAN; HEALTH EFFECTS; HYGIENE CONTROL; INHALABLE DUST; KATHMANDU; LUNG DISEASE; NEPAL; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS; WORKPLACE EXPOSURE;

COTTON; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DUST; EXPOSURE CONTROLS; HEALTH; RECYCLING; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILES;

WEAVING;

ENDOTOXIN;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; COTTON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; COTTON FIBER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 79955047686     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meq084     Document Type: Article

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