Publications

Occupational exposures and physician-diagnosed asthma.

Author(s): Xu X, Christiani DC|Journal: Chest|PMID: 8222789| November 1993

Data from a community-based random sample of 3,606 adults 40 to 69 years of age residing in Beijing, China, were…

Asthma risk and occupation as a respiratory therapist.

Author(s): Christiani DC, Kern DG|Journal: Am Rev Respir Dis|PMID: 8368639| September 1993

In the modern hospital environment, many health care workers are exposed to hazardous substances. Among these hazards are respiratory sensitizers,…

Utility of the complete blood count in routine medical surveillance for ethylene oxide exposure.

Author(s): Lamontagne AD, Christiani DC, Kelsey KT|Journal: Am J Ind Med|PMID: 8213846| August 1993

The 1984 OSHA Standard for ethylene oxide (EtO) mandates medical surveillance under various circumstances. When performed, medical surveillance for EtO…

Airborne endotoxin concentrations in various work areas within a cotton mill in Central America.

Author(s): Christiani DC, Velazquez A, Wilcox M, Olenchock SA|Journal: Environ Res|PMID: 8472648| February 1993

Gram-negative bacteria and their endotoxins have been shown to cause profound changes in the structure and function of mammalian lungs.…

Cotton dust and gram-negative bacterial endotoxin correlations in two cotton textile mills.

Author(s): Christiani DC, Wegman DH, Eisen EA, Ye TT, Lu PL, Olenchock SA|Journal: Am J Ind Med|PMID: 8427261| February 1993

Exposure to cotton dust is known to cause both acute and chronic respiratory illness. A specific pattern of symptoms called…

A participatory workplace health and safety training program for ethylene oxide.

Author(s): Lamontagne AD, Kelsey KT, Ryan CM, Christiani DC|Journal: Am J Ind Med|PMID: 1442795| January 1992

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has regulated ethylene oxide (EtO) on the basis of its acute toxicity and…

Occupational skin disease in newspaper pressroom workers.

Author(s): Yakes B, Kelsey KT, Seitz T, Hashimoto D, Feldman HA, Christiani DC|Journal: J Occup Med|PMID: 1830898| June 1991

Studies of printing industry tradespeople have reported an increased problem of dermatologic abnormalities, including contact dermatitis and dermatitis attributed to…

Bimodal distribution of sensitivity to SCE induction by diepoxybutane in human lymphocytes. II. Relationship to baseline SCE frequency.

Author(s): Kelsey KT, Christiani DC, Wiencke JK|Journal: Mutat Res|PMID: 2030710| May 1991

Environmental and genetic factors have been implicated as important sources of individual variation in baseline sister-chromatid exchange (SCE) frequency in…

Bimodal distribution of sensitivity to SCE induction by diepoxybutane in human lymphocytes. I. Correlation with chromosomal aberrations.

Author(s): Wiencke JK, Christiani DC, Kelsey KT|Journal: Mutat Res|PMID: 2030706| May 1991

We carried out a cross-sectional analysis of sister-chromatid exchanges (SCEs) and chromosomal aberrations induced by diepoxybutane (DEB) in lymphocyte cultures…

Respiratory disease in a textile factory in Nicaragua.

Author(s): Velazquez AM, Christiani DC, McConnell R, Eisen EA, Wilcox M|Journal: Am J Ind Med|PMID: 1951367| January 1991

This is the first epidemiologic study conducted in a textile mill in Nicaragua using techniques and diagnostic criteria similar to…