Respiratory findings in synthetic textile workers

Prevalence and risk factors of work related asthma by industry among United States workers: data from the third national health and nutrition examination survey (1988–94)

“…These same authors, in another study, reported significant changes in pulmonary function indices across the shift among synthetic textile workers. 34 Some workers may also have been exposed to cotton dust, which can cause byssinosis, a condition clinically similar to asthma.…”

“…Chemicals, petroleum, and coal products Chemicals, petroleum, and coal products (180-201) 10 Rubber, plastics, and leather products Rubber, plastics, and leather products (210-222) 11 Lumber and wood products Lumber and wood products, including furniture (230-242) 12 Metal industries ¶ Metal industries; machinery, except electrical (270-332) 14 Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies** Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies; miscellaneous and not specified manufacturing industries (340-350, 391-392) 15 Transportation equipment Transportation equipment (351-370) 17 Trucking and transportation † † Trucking service; transportation, except trucking (400-432) 19 Communications Communications (440-442) 20 Utilities Utilities (460-472) 21 Wholesale ‡ ‡ Wholesale trade, durable goods; wholesale trade, non-durable and not specified goods (500-571) 23 Retail trade § § Department stores, food stores, vehicle dealers, supply and service stores, apparel and accessory stores and other retail trade (580-631, 642-691) 27 Eating and drinking places Eating and drinking places (641) 31 Business services ¶ ¶ Business services, other professional and related services (721-750, 882-892) 32 Repair services Automotive repair and related services, electrical repair shops, miscellaneous repair services (751-760) 33 Private households Private households (761) 34 Lodging places Lodging places (762-770) 35 Personal services Personal services, except private households and lodging (771-791) 36 Entertainment and recreation services Entertainment and recreation services (800-802) 37 Health related*** Offices of health practitioners, hospitals, health services, not elsewhere classified (812-840) 40 Educational services Educational services (842-860) 43 Justice, public order and safety Justice, public order, and safety (910) review by an industrial hygienist (table 1) to have an optimal number of observations in each industrial group for meaningful statistical analysis. The industrial hygienist was blinded to the subject's asthma status.…”

Occupational Exposure Influences on Gender Differences in Respiratory Health

“…In the adult population, apart from smoking behavior, the extent and type of occupational exposure may contribute to gender differences in respiratory health. For instance, in a study of synthetic textile workers [7], women had a higher prevalence of dyspnea (49.0% vs. 34.8% for men), unlike that observed for unexposed workers (5.0% for women and 5.1% for men).…”

Effect of occupation and smoking on respiratory symptoms in working children

“…However, FEV 1 , PEF and FEF 25-75% were lower in the non-smoker females working in textile. In adult studies, a relationship between occupational factors and respiratory symptoms has been found Niven et al, 1997;Rosenman et al, 1997;Hessel et al, 1998;Zuskin et al, 1998;Christiani et al, 2001]. There are few published studies on this issue with working children.…”