1. Respiratory Symptoms and Pulmonary Functions of Workers Employed in Turkish Textile Dyeing Factories
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Sibel Özkurt, Göksel Kiter, Fatma Evyapan, Beyza Akdag Kargi, Sevin Baser, and Murat Kavas
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Lung Diseases ,Male ,Pathology ,Turkey ,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,peak expiratory flow ,atopy ,lcsh:Medicine ,Turkey (republic) ,bronchitis ,Pulmonary function testing ,pulmonary function test ,Respiratory symptoms ,textile industry ,Coloring Agents ,adult ,Textiles ,Respiratory disease ,Phlegm ,Pulmonary function test ,article ,respiratory symptoms ,respiratory disease ,forced expiratory volume ,unclassified drug ,Respiratory Function Tests ,Occupational Diseases ,female ,tuberculosis ,textile dyes ,employment ,Bronchitis ,Population study ,Female ,health impact ,medicine.symptom ,Occupational asthma ,Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,lung function test ,Article ,respiratory tract disease ,Young Adult ,forced vital capacity ,Occupational Exposure ,Internal medicine ,forced expiratory flow ,medicine ,Humans ,Textile dyes ,controlled study ,human ,textile worker ,coughing ,Asthma ,dye ,health risk ,wheezing ,business.industry ,questionnaire ,lcsh:R ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,sputum ,lung function ,asthma ,dyspnea ,medicine.disease ,major clinical study ,Sputum ,processing ,textile dye ,business - 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.
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- 2012
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