Endotoxin and gender modify lung function recovery after occupational organic dust exposure: A 30-year study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 546-552

  Lai, Peggy S ^a,b,c   Hang, Jing Qing ^d   Valeri, Linda ^b   Zhang, Feng Ying ^d   Zheng, Bu Yong ^d   Mehta, Amar J ^b   Shi, Jing ^e   Su, Li ^b   Brown, Dan ^f   Eisen, Ellen A ^b,f   Christiani, David C ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d School of Medicine   (China)

^e CHINA INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; AIR POLLUTANT; DUST;

ADULT; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON DUST; COTTON WORKER; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC DUST; ORGANIC DUST EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIROMETRY; TEXTILE WORKER; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; CHINA; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; DUST; EMPLOYMENT; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SMOKING; TEXTILE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CHINA; DUST; EMPLOYMENT; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILES;

EID: 84937152294     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2014-102579     Document Type: Article

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