Open AccessChronic Lung Function Decline in Cotton Textile Workers: Roles of Historical and Recent Exposures to Endotoxin
Author(s) -
Jing Shi,
Amar Mehta,
Jingqing Hang,
Hongxi Zhang,
Helian Dai,
Li Su,
Ellen A. Eisen,
David C. Christiani
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.0901178
Subject(s) - lung function , byssinosis , medicine , lung , environmental health , occupational exposure , toxicology , biology
Long-term occupational exposure to cotton dust that contains endotoxin is associated with chronic respiratory symptoms and excessive decline in forced expiratory volume in 1 sec (FEV1), but the mechanisms of endotoxin-related chronic airflow obstruction remain unclear.
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