Assessment of respiratory status among workers exposed to cotton dust at Arba Minch Textile Factory, Southern Ethiopia, 2017

Tesfaye Kanko; Getahun Shibru; Feleke Gebremeskel; Belay Boda; Eyayu Girma

doi:10.5897/IJMMS2017.1327

International Journal of
Medicine and Medical Sciences

Abbreviation: Int. J. Med. Med. Sci.
Language: English
ISSN: 2006-9723
DOI: 10.5897/IJMMS
Start Year: 2009
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Assessment of respiratory status among workers exposed to cotton dust at Arba Minch Textile Factory, Southern Ethiopia, 2017

Tesfaye Kanko

Tesfaye Kanko
Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia.
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Getahun Shibru

Getahun Shibru
Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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Feleke Gebremeskel

Feleke Gebremeskel
Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia.
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Belay Boda

Belay Boda
Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia.
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Eyayu Girma

Eyayu Girma
Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia.
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Article Number - AB8764166576
Vol.9(11), pp. 126-136 , November 2017
https://doi.org/10.5897/IJMMS2017.1327

Received: 01 August 2017
Accepted: 29 August 2017
Published: 30 November 2017

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