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- Title
Byssinosis and chronic bronchitis among cotton textile workers.
- Authors
Merchant, James A.; Kilburn, Kaye H.; O'Fallon, William M.; Hamilton, John D.; Lumsden, John C.; Merchant, J A; Kilburn, K H; O'Fallon, W M; Hamilton, J D; Lumsden, J C
- Abstract
Presents a study which determined the prevalence of byssinosis among textile workers in the U.S. in the 1970s. Relevance of chronic bronchitis to the severity of byssinosis; Relation of the prevalence of byssinosis to the total-dust levels; Analysis of the pulmonary function test results.
- Subjects
UNITED States; BYSSINOSIS; DISEASES in textile workers; BRONCHITIS; PULMONARY function tests; AGE distribution; CHRONIC diseases; DUST; DYSPNEA; DUST diseases; PLANTS; RESPIRATORY measurements; SMOKING; TEXTILE industry; VENTILATION
- Publication
Annals of Internal Medicine, 1972, Vol 76, Issue 3, p423
- ISSN
0003-4819
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.7326/0003-4819-76-3-423