Cinkotai F F, Lockwood M G, Rylander R
Am Ind Hyg Assoc J. 1977 Oct;38(10):554-9. doi: 10.1080/0002889778507669.
The concentration of airborne microbes, their endotoxins and the prevalence of byssinotic symptoms among workers were measured in the cardrooms of seven cotton spinning, a wool spinning and two cotton waste mills and in a dusty workroom of a group of five willowing mills, a tea-packing plant and a pipe tobacco factory. The concentration of microbes cultured on endoagar plates were found to correlate with byssinosis prevalence (r greater than 0.95, P less than 0.001). The concentration of nutrient agar microbes correlated with prevalence less well (r greater than 0.77, P less than 0.01) and that of fungi and endotoxins not at all.
在七家棉纺厂、一家毛纺厂和两家棉废料加工厂的梳棉车间，以及五家开松厂、一家茶叶包装厂和一家烟斗烟草厂的一个多尘工作室中，测量了空气中微生物及其内毒素的浓度以及工人中棉尘病症状的患病率。发现在伊红美蓝琼脂平板上培养的微生物浓度与棉尘病患病率相关（r大于0.95，P小于0.001）。营养琼脂微生物的浓度与患病率的相关性稍差（r大于0.77，P小于0.01），而真菌和内毒素的浓度与患病率则完全没有相关性。
