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Byssinosis

Known as: Brown Lung, cotton dust asthma, Brown Lung Diseases 
An occupational lung disorder caused by exposure to cotton dust. It occurs more commonly in workers in the textile industry. Signs and symptoms… 
National Institutes of Health

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Review
1996
Review
1996
Byssinosis: a review.
Over the past two decades the cotton industry in the United Kingdom has suffered from a major recession. Cheaply produced and… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Guidelines for bronchoprovocation on the investigation of occupational asthma. Report of the Subcommittee on Bronchoprovocation for Occupational Asthma.
1986
1986
The Economic Consequences of the OSHA Cotton Dust Standards: An Analysis of Stock Price Behavior
IN a celebrated 1981 decision, the Supreme Court upheld the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) standards… 
1985
1985
Morphometric changes of the lung induced by inhaled bacterial endotoxin.
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Chronic respiratory disease in hemp workers.
1969
1969
Byssinosis in carding and spinning workers. Prevalence in the cotton textile industry.
Symptoms of byssinosis were found in 25% of 59 carders and in 12% of 99 spinners employed in two air-conditioned cotton textile… 
1968
1968
Byssinosis, Chronic Bronchitis, and Ventilatory Capacities in Workers Exposed to Soft Hemp Dust
A study was made of 93 women and 13 men employed in the spinning department of a factory in Yugoslavia processing soft hemp… 
1962
1962
Byssinosis: The Acute Effect on Ventilatory Capacity of Dusts in Cotton Ginneries, Cotton, Sisal, and Jute Mills
Studies of ventilatory capacity change in small groups of employees during a shift in a cotton mill and in three cotton ginneries… 
Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
Experimental Studies on Byssinosis
and that even when the drug was discontinued in April, 1958. the polyneuritis progressed relentlessly until the full clinical… 
1947
1947
Diseases of the Lung Resulting from Occupational Dusts other than Silica *
It is only in recent years that considerable interest has been given to the dusts to which men are exposed at their work, even… 
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