Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/8629
Title: Respiratory symptoms and pulmonary functions of workers employed in Turkish textile dyeing factories
Authors: Özkurt, Sibel
Kargı, Beyza Akdağ
Kavas, Murat
Evyapan, Fatma
Kıter, Göksel
Başer, Sevin
Keywords: Pulmonary function test
Respiratory symptoms
Textile dyes
dye
textile dye
unclassified drug
asthma
health impact
health risk
occupational exposure
processing
respiratory disease
textile industry
adult
article
atopy
bronchitis
controlled study
coughing
dyspnea
employment
female
forced expiratory flow
forced expiratory volume
forced vital capacity
human
lung function
lung function test
major clinical study
male
peak expiratory flow
questionnaire
respiratory tract disease
sputum
textile worker
tuberculosis
Turkey (republic)
wheezing
Adult
Coloring Agents
Female
Humans
Lung Diseases
Male
Occupational Diseases
Occupational Exposure
Respiratory Function Tests
Textiles
Turkey
Young Adult
Abstract: Dyes are known to be a causative agent of occupational asthma in workers exposed to them. We have evaluated respiratory symptoms among textile workers. The study population comprised 106 exposed workers and a control (unexposed) group. Data were collected by a questionnaire. PFTs (Pulmonary Function Test) were performed. Among the exposed workers 36.8% defined phlegm. Respiratory symptoms were not significantly different between two groups. The employment duration of the exposed workers with phlegm was longer than those without phlegm (p = 0.027). The mean % predicted of FEF25-75 of the exposed workers was found to be significantly lower than the control (unexposed) group (p = 0.01). Our study suggests that textile dyeing might cause respiratory symptoms in workers. © 2012 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/8629
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph9041068
ISSN: 1660-4601
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