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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 |
Appears in Collections: | PubMed İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / PubMed Indexed Publications Collection Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / Scopus Indexed Publications Collection Tıp Fakültesi Koleksiyonu WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / WoS Indexed Publications Collection |
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