Dose response studies in cotton textile workers.

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• Personal Author:
  Germino VH ; Hamilton JD ; Kilburn KH ; Lumsden JC ; Merchant, James A. ; O'Fallon WM ; Ujda JR
• Description:
  Epidemiological study of the biological effects of dust exposure in a large textile worker population to evaluate the vertical elutriator cotton dust sampler and to develop dose response relationships for establishing the safety level of exposure to lint free cotton dust. Data are given for dust samples by mill type, work area, with measures of central tendency and range; workers, smoking status; demographic and cigarette smoking characteristics of preparation and yarn processing workers; byssinosis prevalence versus median dust levels for six groups of workers; and respiratory function test values. Results confirm that a strong linear association exists between prevalence of byssinosis and decrement in expiratory flow rate with concentration of lint free dust. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Environmental Monitoring Lung Lung Diseases Neoplasms Occupational Health Respiratory Function Tests Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Textile Industry

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• Keywords:
  Air-quality-control Dust-control Dust-inhalation Environment-control Forced-expiratory-volume JOCMA7 Lung-cancer NIOSH-Grant NIOSH-Publication Plant-fibers Pulmonary-function-tests Respirable-dusts Respiratory-system-disorders Sampling-equipment Statistical-analysis Textiles-industry Threshold-limit-values

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• ISSN:
  0096-1736
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  222-230
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00023922
• Citation:
  J Occup Med 1973 Mar; 15(3):222-230
• Contact Point Address:
  Medicine Duke University ED Ctr Durham, N C 27706
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1973
• NORA Priority Area:
  Pulmonary System Disorders
• Performing Organization:
  Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19710201
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational Medicine
• End Date:
  19740131
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9dc2be553db75ef99721c55fa0bf1cde98bb4d5b6e51710fe52bdc0c39d6728973bfa4207867c90ad74a9b859e78b6c796932db925514cca503e4cff50c49551
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183877/cdc_183877_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.52 MB ]