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We excluded 75 cotton workers and 75 control workers from statistical analysis because of prior hazardous occupational exposures. Plant\u2010wide, 8\u2010hour time\u2010weighted average exposures ranged from 0.28 mg\/m<jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup> to 7.80 mg\/m<jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup>. The overall prevalence of symptoms compatible with byssinosis was 5.9% in cotton workers and 4.7% in the controls. Cotton workers with less than 2 years of employment had a significantly greater prevalence of bronchitis than their control counterparts. The cotton workers with 2 years or more of employment had significantly greater prevalences of bronchitis, shift decrement in forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV<jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub>) of \u2265 10%, and FEV<jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub>\/FEV<jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub>\u2010predicted &lt; 80%, than their control counterparts. Regression analysis showed that for matched cotton and control workers, the percentage decrement in FEV<jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub> over the shift was significantly greater for cotton workers; and that in all cotton workers, longevity in industry had a negative effect on the before\u2010shift forced vital capacity (FVC). 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