Endotoxin Exposure and Respiratory Symptoms in the Cotton Textile Industry

摘要

One hundred fourteen male employees of a cotton spinning mill in western Germany participated in a cross-sectional study, the purpose of which was to clarify the dose effect of endotoxin exposure on respiratory symptoms. Airborne endotoxin exposures were classified as low (≤ 100 endotoxin units [EU]/m~3, medium (> 100-450 EU/M~3), or high (> 450 EU/m~3), on ths basis of endotoxin activity in the Limulus amoebocyte lysate assay.