title: Respiratory effects of occupational exposure to asbestos.
abstract: Ventilatory capacities of 73 Libyan men working in the Asbestos-Cement Pipe factory in Jenzur, a residential area near Tripoli, Libya and those of 73 age-matched healthy Libyan men unexposed to asbestos were determined. The mean values of forced vital capacity (FVC) and forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) for men unexposed to asbestos were 3.89 +/- 0.084 and 3.64 +/- 0.082 liters respectively. The respective values for men exposed to asbestos were 3.62 +/- 0.082 and 3.29 +/- 0.097 liters. Thus, there has been a significant decrease in the ventilatory function of the men exposed to asbestos as compared with age-matched unexposed counterparts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Great Al-Fateh University of Medical Sciences, Tripoli, Libya.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Mukhtar
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Rao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001194:Asbestos / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001822:Body Burden; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006801:Humans; D008002:Libya; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012119:Respiration / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012907:Smoking; D014797:Vital Capacity
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens; D001194:Asbestos