Publication Cover
Inhalation Toxicology
International Forum for Respiratory Research
Volume 16, 2004 - Issue 4
151
Views
32
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

The Measurement and Health Impact of Endotoxin Contamination in Organic Dusts from Multiple Sources: Focus on the Cotton Industry

, &
Pages 217-229 | Published online: 01 Oct 2008

Keep up to date with the latest research on this topic with citation updates for this article.

Read on this site (6)

Yifokire Tefera, Vivi Schlünssen, Abera Kumie, Wakgari Deressa, Bente E. Moen & Magne Bråtveit. (2020) Personal inhalable dust and endotoxin exposure among workers in an integrated textile factory. Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health 75:7, pages 415-421.
Read now
Samson Wakuma Abaya, Magne Bråtveit, Wakgari Deressa, Abera Kumie, Abiyot Tenna & Bente E. Moen. (2020) Microbial contamination of coffee during postharvest on farm processing: A concern for the respiratory health of production workers. Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health 75:4, pages 201-208.
Read now
Arantza Basauri, Cristina González-Fernández, Marcos Fallanza, Eugenio Bringas, Raúl Fernandez-Lopez, Laura Giner, Gabriel Moncalián, Fernando de la Cruz & Inmaculada Ortiz. (2020) Biochemical interactions between LPS and LPS-binding molecules. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology 40:3, pages 292-305.
Read now
V. Liebers, M. Raulf-Heimsoth, G. Linsel, N. Goldscheid, M. Düser, H. Stubel & Th. Brüning. (2007) Evaluation of Quantification Methods of Occupational Endotoxin Exposure. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A 70:21, pages 1798-1805.
Read now
George Astrakianakis, Noah Seixas, Janice Camp, ThomasJ. Smith, Karen Bartlett & Harvey Checkoway. (2006) Cotton Dust and Endotoxin Exposure Levels in Three Shanghai Textile Factories: A Comparison of Samplers. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene 3:8, pages 418-427.
Read now
Samantha R. Lane & Robert D. E. Sewell. (2006) Correlative Measurement of Four Biological Contaminants on Cotton Lint, and Their Implications for Occupational Health. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health 12:2, pages 120-125.
Read now

Articles from other publishers (26)

Meenakshi Thakur & Abhijit Dan. (2021) Poly- l -lysine-Functionalized Green-Light-Emitting Carbon Dots as a Fluorescence Turn-on Sensor for Ultrasensitive Detection of Endotoxin . ACS Applied Bio Materials 4:4, pages 3410-3422.
Crossref
Achyut Konwar, Devasish Chowdhury & Abhijit Dan. (2019) Chitosan based in situ and ex situ magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles for rapid endotoxin removal from protein solutions . Materials Chemistry Frontiers 3:4, pages 716-725.
Crossref
E. Mansour, C. Loxton, R.M. Elias & G.A. Ormondroyd. (2014) Assessment of health implications related to processing and use of natural wool insulation products. Environment International 73, pages 402-412.
Crossref
S C Fang, A J Mehta, J Q Hang, E A Eisen, H L Dai, H X Zhang, L Su & D C Christiani. (2013) Cotton dust, endotoxin and cancer mortality among the Shanghai textile workers cohort: a 30-year analysis. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 70:10, pages 722-729.
Crossref
. (2012) Personal Exposure to Dust and Endotoxin in Robusta and Arabica Coffee Processing Factories in Tanzania. The Annals of Occupational Hygiene.
Crossref
. (2012) Measurement of Endotoxins in Bioaerosols at Workplace: A Critical Review of Literature and a Standardization Issue. The Annals of Occupational Hygiene.
Crossref
Emilia PABA, Giovanna TRANFO, Federica CORSETTI, Anna Maria MARCELLONI & Sergio IAVICOLI. (2013) Indoor Exposure to Airborne Endotoxin: A Review of the Literature on Sampling and Analysis Methods. Industrial Health 51:3, pages 237-255.
Crossref
Raminder Aul, Jane Armstrong, Annelyse Duvoix, David Lomas, Brian Hayes, Bruce E. Miller, Chris Jagger & Dave Singh. (2012) Inhaled LPS challenges in smokers: a study of pulmonary and systemic effects. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 74:6, pages 1023-1032.
Crossref
Jakob Hjort Bønløkke, Marc Veillette, Anne Mériaux, Caroline Duchaine & Yvon Cormier. (2012) Work-Related Health Effects in Swine Building Workers After Respiratory Protection Use. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine 54:9, pages 1126-1132.
Crossref
Bente E. Moen, Gloria Sakwari, Simon H. D. Mamuya, Akwilina V. Kayumba, Lennart Larsson, Christina Pehrson, Yohana J. Mashalla & Magne Bråtveit. (2012) Respiratory Inflammation Among Workers Exposed to Airborne Dust With Endotoxins in a Coffee Curing Factory. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine 54:7, pages 847-850.
Crossref
D M McElvenny, M A Hurley, V Lenters, D Heederik, S Wilkinson & D Coggon. (2011) Lung cancer mortality in a cohort of UK cotton workers: an extended follow-up. British Journal of Cancer 105:7, pages 1054-1060.
Crossref
Jing Shi, Amar J. Mehta, Jing-qing Hang, Hongxi Zhang, Helian Dai, Li Su, Ellen A. Eisen & David C. Christiani. (2010) Chronic Lung Function Decline in Cotton Textile Workers: Roles of Historical and Recent Exposures to Endotoxin. Environmental Health Perspectives 118:11, pages 1620-1624.
Crossref
Nectarios J BoubopoulosTheodoros C Constandinidis, Marios E Froudarakis & Demosthenes Bouros. (2010) Reduction in cotton dust concentration does not totally eliminate respiratory health hazards: The Greek study. Toxicology and Industrial Health 26:10, pages 701-707.
Crossref
Vivian Hsiu-Chuan Liao, Wei-Chun Chou, Chia-Pin Chio, Yun-Ru Ju & Chung-Min Liao. (2010) A probabilistic approach to quantitatively assess the inhalation risk for airborne endotoxin in cotton textile workers. Journal of Hazardous Materials 177:1-3, pages 103-108.
Crossref
Virissa Lenters, Ioannis Basinas, Laura Beane-Freeman, Paolo Boffetta, Harvey Checkoway, David Coggon, Lützen Portengen, Malcolm Sim, Inge M. Wouters, Dick Heederik & Roel Vermeulen. (2009) Endotoxin exposure and lung cancer risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the published literature on agriculture and cotton textile workers. Cancer Causes & Control 21:4, pages 523-555.
Crossref
B. M. Khadi, V. Santhy & M. S. Yadav. 2010. Cotton. Cotton 15 44 .
Carl P. McDonald, M. A. Blajchman & Brian C. Dow. 2010. Transfusion Microbiology. Transfusion Microbiology 87 116 .
Karen J. Wernli, Roberta M. Ray, Dao Li Gao, E Dawn Fitzgibbons, Janice E. Camp, George Astrakianakis, Noah Seixas, Eva Y. Wong, Wenjin Li, Anneclaire J. De Roos, Ziding Feng, David B. Thomas & Harvey Checkoway. (2008) Occupational Exposures and Ovarian Cancer in Textile Workers. Epidemiology 19:2, pages 244-250.
Crossref
Ahmed J Khan & Rahul Nanchal. (2007) Cotton dust lung diseases. Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine 13:2, pages 137-141.
Crossref
Marcus Oldenburg, Ute Latza & Xaver Baur. (2006) Exposure–response relationship between endotoxin exposure and lung function impairment in cotton textile workers. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health 80:5, pages 388-395.
Crossref
Stefan Hippenstiel, Bastian Opitz, Bernd Schmeck & Norbert Suttorp. (2006) Lung epithelium as a sentinel and effector system in pneumonia – molecular mechanisms of pathogen recognition and signal transduction. Respiratory Research 7:1.
Crossref
Ellen T. Chang & Hans-Olov Adami. (2006) The Enigmatic Epidemiology of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 15:10, pages 1765-1777.
Crossref
Verena Liebers, Thomas Brüning & Monika Raulf‐Heimsoth. (2006) Occupational endotoxin‐exposure and possible health effects on humans (review). American Journal of Industrial Medicine 49:6, pages 474-491.
Crossref
Karen J. Wernli, E. Dawn Fitzgibbons, Roberta M. Ray, Dao Li Gao, Wenjin Li, Noah S. Seixas, Janice E. Camp, George Astrakianakis, Ziding Feng, David B. Thomas & Harvey Checkoway. (2006) Occupational Risk Factors for Esophageal and Stomach Cancers among Female Textile Workers in Shanghai, China. American Journal of Epidemiology 163:8, pages 717-725.
Crossref
Samantha R. Lane, Robert D. E. Sewell & Robert Jiang. (2006) Biological contamination parameters of cotton lint as biomarkers for fibre quality; a preliminary study. Fibers and Polymers 7:1, pages 8-11.
Crossref
G.I. DANCER & D.H. KANG. (2005) ESTIMATION OF MICROBIOLOGICAL QUALITY OF EGG USING CHROMOGENIC LIMULUS AMOEBOCYTE LYSATE ENDPOINT ASSAY. Journal of Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology 13:1, pages 29-36.
Crossref

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.