title: [Effects of organic aerosols on the respiratory system in occupational exposure].
abstract: The effects of organic dusts on the respiratory system of workers employed in food processing, in textile workers, as well as in agricultural and livestock farmers are reported. Deposition and elimination of particles from the lung as well as the possible mechanisms of the organic dust effects on respiratory system are described. Separately are presented results of our investigations on the prevalence of respiratory symptoms and diseases as well as lung function tests as indicators of the condition of the respiratory system. Data on the experimental studies with aqueous extracts of organic dusts on smooth muscle of isolated guinea pig trachea suggest that the bronchoconstrictive effects in humans can be reproduced in nonsensitized guinea pigs. The preventive measures in the development of respiratory impairments in subjects occupationally exposed to organic dusts are described.
authors.affiliation: Skola narodnog zdravlja Andrija Stampar Medicinskog fakulteta Sveucilista u Zagrebu, Rockefellerova 4, 10000 Zagreb.
authors.forename: Eugenija
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zuskin
authors.forename: Jadranka
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mustajbegović
authors.forename: Josipa
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kern
authors.forename: Davor
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ivanković
authors.forename: Bozica
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kanceljak
mesh_terms: D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004391:Dust; D005260:Female; D005525:Food-Processing Industry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013783:Textile Industry
chemical_list: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D004391:Dust