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Occupational Medicine 1990;40:71-74
© 1990 Society of Occupational Medicine

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Acute and Chronic Changes in Pulmonary Functions among Indian Textile Workers

J.R. PARIKH, P.K. MAJUMDAR, A.R. SHAH, N. MOHAN RAO and S.K. KASHYAP

National Institute of Occupational Health Ahmedabad-380016, India

An epidemiological study was carried out in three textile mills of Ahmedabad. A total of 214 cotton dust exposed and 184 control subjects were examined for pulmonary function tests. Pulmonary function tests included forced vital capacity and forced expiratory volume in one second. The pulmonary function tests were carried out before starting the shift and after 7 hours of exposure on a vitalograph spirometer. The study shows that among the cotton dust exposed workers byssinotics behave distinctly and show the maximum acute and chronic changes in pulmonary functions. It seems that the effect of cotton dust exposure on the byssinotic subjects is more predominant than the effect of smoking.

Requests for reprints should be addressed to: J. R. Parikh, National Institute of Occupational Health, Ahmedabad-380016, India


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