Long-term respiratory health effects in textile workers

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 152-157

  Lai, Peggy S ^a,b   Christiani, David C ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

byssinosis; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; endotoxin; lung; textile; vegetable dust

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCAN; ENDOTOXIN; SILK; TANNIN;

ASTHMA; CELL POPULATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COTTON DUST; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG FUNCTION; NOISE POLLUTION; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC DUST; REVIEW; TEXTILE WORKER;

COTTON FIBER; DUST; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK FACTORS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 84873477536     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e32835cee9a     Document Type: Review

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