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    • Occupational Medicine
    • Pulmonary Medicine
    • Environmental Health

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    • Asbestos exposure is a known cause of lung disease.
    • Early detection of asbestos-induced lung disorders is crucial for worker health.
    • Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) are vital for assessing lung health.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To evaluate lung function impairment in asbestos workers.
    • To identify reliable indicators for early detection of asbestos-related lung disease.
    • To establish a quantitative relationship between asbestos dust exposure and pulmonary function.

    Main Methods:

    • Conducted pulmonary function tests on 155 asbestos workers and 130 referents.
    • Utilized spirometry to measure indices like vital capacity (VC), forced vital capacity (FVC), and forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1.0).
    • Employed stepwise regression analysis to correlate dust exposure with pulmonary function changes.

    Main Results:

    • Asbestos workers exhibited predominantly restrictive ventilatory defects, detectable before radiographic changes.
    • No significant airway obstruction was observed; however, all PFT indices (VC, FVC, FEV1.0, MVV, TLC, DLCO) decreased with disease progression, except FEV1.0/FVC(%).
    • A quantitative relationship between dust exposure and reduced pulmonary function was established; small airway function did not differ significantly between exposed workers and referents.

    Conclusions:

    • Both radiographic examination and PFTs are recommended for early detection of asbestos-induced lung disorders.
    • VC, FVC, and FEV1.0 are the most reliable indices for health surveillance of asbestos workers.
    • The FVC test is particularly valuable for epidemiological studies on asbestos-related lung disease.