{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,3]],"date-time":"2026-10-03T22:25:05Z","timestamp":1791066305680,"version":"4.1.0"},"reference-count":17,"publisher":"Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)","issue":"2","content-domain":{"domain":["lww.com","ovid.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2017,3]]},"abstract":"<jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Background:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Cotton industry workers are exposed to various hazards in the different departments of textile factories. The major health problems associated with cotton dust are respiratory problems, byssinosis, bronchitis and asthma.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To study the effect of cotton dust exposure on pulmonary function and respiratory symptoms.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Settings and Design:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This cross-sectional observational study was conducted at cotton mill in the Ahmedabad city.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>One hundred cotton mill workers of the weaving and spinning area participated in this study while 100 age- and gender-matched male subjects living in the residential area served as the control group. A questionnaire was used to inquire about respiratory symptoms and spirometry was done in both the groups.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Statistical Analysis Used:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Student's\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">t<\/jats:italic>\n                      -test was used to find the difference between spirometric parameters, and Chi-square test was used to find the difference between respiratory symptoms.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Respiratory symptoms were statistically significantly more common in the cotton mill workers compared to control group. Cotton mill workers group also showed significant (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.0001) decrease in forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1), ratio of FEV1 and forced vital capacity (FVC) and peak expiratory flow rate, and no significant difference of FVC between groups. There was an association of duration of exposure and symptoms with spirometric abnormality.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Cotton mill workers showed a significant decrease in spirometric parameters and increase in respiratory symptoms. As the duration of exposure and symptoms increased, spirometric abnormality increased.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/0970-2113.201319","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,3,7]],"date-time":"2017-03-07T07:04:05Z","timestamp":1488870245000},"page":"144-149","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":22,"title":["Cotton dust exposure: Analysis of pulmonary function and respiratory symptoms"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"34","author":[{"given":"Bharat M","family":"Dangi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physiotherapy, Government Spine Institute and Physiotherapy College, Civil Hospital Campus, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anjali R","family":"Bhise","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physiotherapy, Government Spine Institute and Physiotherapy College, Civil Hospital Campus, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","reference":[{"key":"R4-20251006","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"71","DOI":"10.1161\/01.CIR.0000108927.80044.7F","article-title":"Cardiovascular mortality and long-term exposure to particulate air pollution: Epidemiological evidence of general pathophysiological pathways of disease","volume":"109","author":"Pope","year":"2004","journal-title":"Circulation"},{"key":"R5-20251006","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"270","DOI":"10.1093\/occmed\/kqv019","article-title":"Occupational chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A standard of care","volume":"65","author":"Fishwick","year":"2015","journal-title":"Occup Med (Lond)"},{"key":"R6-20251006","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"881","DOI":"10.1183\/09031936.05.00125604","article-title":"A 20-year follow-up study on chronic respiratory effects of exposure to cotton dust","volume":"26","author":"Wang","year":"2005","journal-title":"Eur Respir J"},{"key":"R7-20251006","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"70","DOI":"10.4103\/0970-2113.53228","article-title":"A study of skin sensitivity to various allergens by skin prick test in patients of nasobronchial allergy","volume":"26","author":"Prasad","year":"2009","journal-title":"Lung India"},{"key":"R8-20251006","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"983","DOI":"10.1164\/rccm.201402-0337ST","article-title":"Official American Thoracic Society technical standards: Spirometry in the occupational setting","volume":"189","author":"Redlich","year":"2014","journal-title":"Am J Respir Crit Care Med"},{"key":"R9-20251006","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"320","DOI":"10.3889\/oamjms.2014.056","article-title":"Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in never-smoking female workers exposed to cotton dust","volume":"7","author":"Minov","year":"2014","journal-title":"Maced J Med Sci"},{"key":"R10-20251006","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"163","DOI":"10.4103\/0970-2113.177444","article-title":"Respiratory problems among cotton textile workers","volume":"33","author":"Mansouri","year":"2016","journal-title":"Lung India"},{"key":"R11-20251006","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"373","DOI":"10.4103\/1119-3077.104505","article-title":"Assessment of respiratory symptoms and lung function among textile workers at Kano Textile Mills, Kano, Nigeria","volume":"15","author":"Nagoda","year":"2012","journal-title":"Niger J Clin Pract"},{"key":"R12-20251006","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"745","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ejcdt.2013.09.007","article-title":"Effects of exposure to flour dust on respiratory symptoms and pulmonary function of mill workers","volume":"62","author":"Mohammadien","year":"2013","journal-title":"Egypt J Chest Dis Tuberc"},{"key":"R13-20251006","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"52","DOI":"10.1159\/000049370","article-title":"Prevalence of byssinosis and respiratory symptoms among cotton mill workers","volume":"69","author":"Altin","year":"2002","journal-title":"Respiration"},{"key":"R14-20251006","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"935","DOI":"10.1136\/oem.60.12.935","article-title":"Respiratory symptoms and cotton dust exposure; results of a 15 year follow up observation","volume":"60","author":"Wang","year":"2003","journal-title":"Occup Environ Med"},{"key":"R15-20251006","first-page":"23","article-title":"Respiratory morbidities in cotton textile workers","volume":"17","author":"Thiwari","year":"1999","journal-title":"Lung India"},{"key":"R16-20251006","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1117","DOI":"10.1183\/09031936.02.00023202","article-title":"Risk of over-diagnosis of COPD in asymptomatic elderly never-smokers","volume":"20","author":"Hardie","year":"2002","journal-title":"Eur Respir J"},{"key":"R17-20251006","article-title":"A Guide for Persons Employed in Cotton Dust Environments. U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (NIOSH), and NCDOL Personnel","year":"2007"},{"key":"R18-20251006","first-page":"260","article-title":"A study of oxidative stress in cotton industry workers from Solapur city","volume":"21","author":"Suryakar","year":"2010","journal-title":"Biomed Res"},{"key":"R19-20251006","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"109","DOI":"10.2486\/indhealth.41.109","article-title":"Additive effect of smoking and cotton dust exposure on respiratory symptoms and pulmonary function of cotton textile workers","volume":"41","author":"Su","year":"2003","journal-title":"Ind Health"},{"key":"R20-20251006","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"152","DOI":"10.1097\/MCP.0b013e32835cee9a","article-title":"Long-term respiratory health effects in textile workers","volume":"19","author":"Lai","year":"2013","journal-title":"Curr Opin Pulm Med"}],"container-title":["Lung India"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ovid.com\/01408641-201734020-00007","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,13]],"date-time":"2026-08-13T18:59:49Z","timestamp":1786647589000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ovid.com\/01408641-201734020-00007"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2017,3]]},"references-count":17,"journal-issue":{"issue":"2","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2017]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4103\/0970-2113.201319","relation":{},"ISSN":["0970-2113","0974-598X"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0970-2113","type":"print"},{"value":"0974-598X","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2017,3]]}}}