Gender differences in the effect of occupational endotoxin exposure on impaired lung function and death: the Shanghai Textile Worker Study

Objective Airborne endotoxin exposure has adverse and protective health effects. Studies show men have augmented acute inflammatory responses to endotoxin. In this longitudinal cohort study we investigated the effect of long-term exposure to endotoxin in cotton dust on health, and determined whether...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Occupational and environmental medicine (London, England) England), 2014-02, Vol.71 (2), p.118-125
Hauptverfasser:	Lai, Peggy S, Hang, Jing Qing, Zhang, Feng Ying, Lin, Xinyi, Zheng, Bu Yong, Dai, Hei Lian, Su, Li, Cai, Tianxi, Christiani, David C
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Air Pollutants, Occupational - analysis Air Pollutants, Occupational - toxicity Airborne microorganisms Asthma Bacteriology Biological and medical sciences China - epidemiology Cotton Cotton Fiber Cotton textiles Death Dust Endotoxins Endotoxins - toxicity Exposure Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Gender differences Humans Longitudinal Studies Lung Diseases - chemically induced Lung Diseases - epidemiology Lung Diseases - mortality Lungs Male Medical sciences Men Microbiology Middle Aged Mortality Occupational Exposure - adverse effects Occupational Exposure - analysis Occupational medicine Pathogenicity, virulence, toxins, bacteriocins, pyrogens, host-bacteria relations, miscellaneous strains Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Raw materials Respiratory function Sex Distribution Silk Smoking Spirometry Surveys and Questionnaires Textile Industry Tobacco smoking Womens health Workers Workplace
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