Respiratory inflammation among workers exposed to airborne dust with endotoxins in a coffee curing factory.

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dc.contributor.authorMashalla, Yohana J.
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-25T05:17:55Z
dc.date.available2021-10-25T05:17:55Z
dc.date.issued2012-07
dc.description.abstractObjective: To study dust exposure and inflammatory reactions in the respiratory tract among coffee curing workers in Tanzania. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a Tanzanian coffee curing factory. Coffee workers (n = 15) were compared with unexposed controls (n = 18); all workers were nonsmokers. Exhaled nitric oxide was examined using an electrochemistry-based NIOX MINO device. Personal air samples were analyzed for total dust and endotoxins, using gravimetric analysis and the chromogenic Limulus amebocyte lysate endpoint assay, respectively. Results: Total dust levels ranged from 0.2 to 27.9 mg/m3, and endotoxin levels ranged from 42 to 75,083 endotoxin units/m3. Concentrations of exhaled nitric oxide, analyzed by linear regression and adjusted for age (β = 0.57; 95% confidence interval, 0.08 to 1.06; P = 0.02), was higher among coffee workers than among the control group. Conclusion: The results indicate a relationship between the coffee dust and signs of respiratory inflammation.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMoen, B.E., Sakwari, G., Mamuya, S.H., Kayumba, A.V., Larsson, L., Pehrson, C., Mashalla, Y.J. and Bråtveit, M., 2012. Respiratory inflammation among workers exposed to airborne dust with endotoxins in a coffee curing factory. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 54(7), pp.847-850.en_US
dc.identifier.otherdoi: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318250ca24
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/800
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of occupational and environmental medicineen_US
dc.subjectAirborneen_US
dc.subjectEndotoxinsen_US
dc.subjectRespiratory inflammationen_US
dc.titleRespiratory inflammation among workers exposed to airborne dust with endotoxins in a coffee curing factory.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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