Impact of using different predictive equations on the prevalence of chronic byssinosis in textile workers in Pakistan.

Asaad Ahmed NafeesMuhammad Zia MuneerSara De MatteisAndre AmaralPeter BurneyPaul Cullinan

Published in: Occupational and environmental medicine (2021)

Accurate measures of occupational disease frequency and distribution require approaches that are both standardised and meaningful. We should reconsider the WHO definition of 'chronic' byssinosis based on changes in FEV1, and instead use the FEV1/FVC.

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