| Document ID (ISN) | 69746 |
| CIS number |
97-1625 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0962-7480 - Occupational Medicine |
| Year |
1997 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Jayawardana P.L., Udupihille M. |
| Title |
Ventilatory function of factory workers exposed to tea dust |
| Bibliographic information |
Feb. 1997, Vol.47, No.2, p.105-109. 11 ref. |
| Abstract |
A questionnaire survey of respiratory symptoms and measurements of respiratory function were carried out among 53 employees who had worked in a tea sifting room for at least five years. Compared to a non-exposed control group, the tea workers had a high prevalence of chronic respiratory symptoms, and mean values for the spirometric tests were lower. One subject had radiological evidence of bronchiectasis. Chronic tea dust exposure causes increased prevalence of respiratory symptoms and a significant degree of small airways obstruction. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
tea; respiratory impairment; food industry; respirable dust |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
Sri Lanka; epidemiologic study; ventilatory capacity |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Sri Lanka |
| Subject(s) |
Food, beverage and tobacco industries
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Food industry
|
