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A Comparison of the Prevalence of Respiratory Symptoms in Workers Exposed to Endotoxin Alone and Hose Exposed to a Combination of Dust and Endotoxin

H.C. Francis, L.A. Oldham, C.A.C. Pickering, R.McL. Niven, J.C.G. Simpson, A.M. Fletcher, A. Adisesh and G.D. Fletcher


 
ABSTRACT

We have previously reported on respiratory symptoms dust and endotoxin exposure within workers exposed to organic dusts. These show increasing symptoms with both increased exposure to dust and airborne endotoxin exposure. However the relative effects of dust and endotoxin were difficult to separate out. In all the industries higher dust levels were associated with increased endotoxin exposure. We are currently studying sewage workers who are potentially exposed to endotoxin but not to dust to determine the respiratory effects of endotoxin exposure alone on respiratory symptom reporting.



Reprinted from Proceedings of the 1998 Beltwide Cotton Conferences pp. 224 - 226
©National Cotton Council, Memphis TN

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