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Title: Respiratory symptoms in wool textile workers. Final report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6503934
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This epidemiological study was intended to investigate exposures to inspirable wool dust in selected wool textile mills, the patterns of respiratory symptoms reported by workers in the industry, and the relationships of symptoms to exposure to dust. Fifteen mills in West Yorkshire representing all stages of the woollen and worsted process, and production of carpet yarns, were included in the study, their size ranging from four to nearly four hundred employees.

Research Organization:
Institute of Occupational Medicine, Edinburgh (UK)
OSTI ID:
6503934
Report Number(s):
PB-87-169041/XAB; IOM-TM-86/4
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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