Byssinosis.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Ayer, Howard E. ; Kilburn KH
• Description:
  A review of the literature reveals that byssinosis is a condition affecting people working with raw cotton, flax, or soft hemp. The effects range from chest tightness on Mondays to total disability. The agent responsible for the condition has not been identified but is found in the nonlint, or trash, fraction of cotton. Byssinosis can be prevented by a combination of dust control and medical evaluation. Information is given on methods of dust measurement, acceptable concentrations of airborne cotton dust, allowable dust concentrations, and prevalence of byssinosis. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  • Dust
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Epidemiology
  • Gossypium
  • Occupational Health
  • Preventive Medicine
  • Respiratory System
  • Respiratory Tract Diseases
  • Safety
  • Textile Industry
• Keywords:
  • Cotton-industry
  • Textiles-industry
  • Preventive-medicine
  • Control-measures
  • Dust-inhalation
  • Air-quality-measurement
  • Respiratory-disorders
  • Cotton
  • Dust-sampling
  • Sampling-methods
  More +
• ISSN:
  0007-8999
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  207-241
• Volume:
  2
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00026782
• Citation:
  CRC Crit Rev Environ Control 1971 Aug; 2(1-4):207-241
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1971
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183916/cdc_183916_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.88 MB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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