Evaluation before and after exposure - the pattern of physiological response to cotton dust.

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• Personal Author:
  Bermanzohn P ; Germino VH Jr. ; Halprin GM ; Hamilton JD ; Hudson AR ; Hurst DJ ; Kilburn HH ; McKenzie WM Jr. ; Merchant, James A.
• Description:
  Asymptomatic cotton workers as well as those with byssinosis showed a significant decrease in forced expiratory volume during exposure to cotton dust. The patterns of the forced expiratory volume response over a week suggest that there are distinct individual patterns of response not dependent upon previous cotton dust exposure. Forced expiratory volume was found to discriminate better between exposure to cotton dust and control than other measures of the spirogram. Oxygen tension in arterial blood decreased during exposure; occasionally these decreases were large. Peripheral blood polymorphonuclear leukocyte counts and the polymorphonuclear leukocyte to epithelial cell ratio from nasal smears increased during cotton dust exposure. These changes appear to be important in the response to cotton dust and warrant further study. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Cytology Dust Gossypium Occupational Health Respiratory Function Tests Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Blood-counts Cotton Dust-inhalation NIOSH-Grant NIOSH-Publication Physiological-responses Respiratory-disorders Respiratory-function-tests Respiratory-gas-levels White-blood-cells
• ISSN:
  0077-8923
• 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:
  38-43
• Volume:
  221
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00026783
• Citation:
  Ann NY Acad Sci 1974 Feb; 221(1):38-43
• Contact Point Address:
  Medicine Duke University ED Ctr Durham, N C 27706
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1974
• Performing Organization:
  Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19710201
• Source Full Name:
  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
• End Date:
  19740131
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:abf647f1527adfcd95b13b941cd80185fd2507dfc76aa3bd0be091a0a849e34a668896e2300bc381a72af554be92afc66b8c4d7a118b7ad9a7cc044fcb8da022
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183917/cdc_183917_DS1.pdf
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