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Date: Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 5:23 AM
Subject: Invitation To Review: IJSA-10-087
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY

www.academicjournals.org/IJSA

             

 

Dear Colleague,

 

We received a manuscript titled: A study of the Occupational Health function among femaleTextile Workers.

 

 

We will be most grateful if you could find time to review the manuscript. Please find the abstract below:

 

ABSTRACTS

Reduction of  respiratory function among Textile workers  in  the   textile  industry  has  been observed  since  the 1970s.  A  contaminant  of  raw  cotton  fiber  and  cotton  dust,  has  been  proposed  as  a affecting agent that may deteriorate the respiratory function. Present study aimed to find the factors associated with the deterioration of respiratory function among femaleTextile workers.The sample consisted of 243 men above the age of 20 years who had worked for at least 3 months years in a textile factory and 235 femaleNon Textile workers of same area were studied. All the respondents were interviewed by a pretested questionnaire to gather information regarding the  chest symptoms, certain personal characteristics and occupational history. Statistical analyses like Chi-square and odds ratio was done to determine the significant difference between femaleTextile Workers and female Non Textile Workers.Univariate analysis of the factors for symptomatic byssinosis showed that dusty worksites, heavy smoking and duration of service years were significant. Logistic regression analysis showed that working in the scouring (odds ratio 11.0), spinning (odds ratio 4.7) and weaving sections (odds ratio 2.6), heavy smoking (odds ratio 12.4) and more than 10 years of service (odds ratio 2.8) were independent significant risk factors. Efforts to reduce dust levels in the working environment and to discourage smoking among textile workers need to be strengthened to minimize the risk of developing byssinosis.

 

Keywords: Occupational Health; Respiratory Problems; Textiles Workers; Non Textiles Workers, FEV 1.0.

 

I will be most grateful to hear from you so that I can send reviewers guide, instructions for authors and the complete manuscript to you for your review.

 

Best regards,

 

Aleze Nelson

Editorial Assistant,

International Journal of Sociology and Anthropology  IJSA)

E-mail: ijsa.manuscripts@gmail.com

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