Byssinosis and other diseases of textile workers.

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• Personal Author:
  Kilburn KH
• Description:
  Byssinosis and other pulmonary diseases common to the textile industry were reviewed. Pulmonary symptoms have been reported approximately 3 to 4 hours following the inhalation of cotton textile dust by many workers. These symptoms have frequently been accompanied by increases in leukocyte counts and decreased pulmonary function. A major epidemiological study conducted in the 1970s indicated a linear dose response relationship between exposure to respirable cotton dust and the prevalence of symptoms of byssinosis during work. A similar linear dose response was found for exposure and decreases in lung function. Another study reported increases in chronic cough, dyspnea, wheezing, greater losses of pulmonary function, and increased premature retirement among workers in a cotton textile mill compared with unexposed referents. Pathologic findings in the lungs of chronically exposed cotton workers have been reported to be identical with those seen in chronic bronchitis patients. Discussions of governmental regulations for the control of cotton dust exposures, preventative measures, and the future of cotton as a fiber and food crop were presented. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Gossypium Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Staff Development Textile Industry
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Grant; Training; Textile-workers; Textiles-industry; Pulmonary-system-disorders; Occupational-exposure; Cotton-dust; Dose-response; Cotton-industry; Cotton-mill-workers
• ISBN:
  9780316755672
• Publisher:
  Little, Brown and Company, Boston, Massachusetts
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; New York ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OECSP - Office of Extramural Coordination and Special Projects ; DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  359-365
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00222084
• Citation:
  Environmental and occupational medicine, second edition. Rom WN, ed. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1992 Jan; :359-365
• Contact Point Address:
  Community Medicine MT Sinai School of Medicine Fifth Avenue and 100Th Street New York, N Y 10029
• Editor(s):
  Rom WN
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• Performing Organization:
  Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19780701
• Source Full Name:
  Environmental and occupational medicine, second edition
• End Date:
  19920630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/243314/cdc_243314_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]