A Study of Respiratory Symptoms and Disorders among Rice Mill Workers

Respiratory disorders among tobacco workers.

Leptospirosis among rice mill workers of Salem, South India.

Leptospirosis is not commonly reported from the Salem district in central Tamil Nadu in India. In October 2000, a rice mill worker, who had fever and jaundice, tested positive in leptospiral IgM enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Microbiological and serological investigations were performed on the patient, a sample population of the rice mill workers, and the animal and rodent populatio...

A comparative study of lung functions in rice mill and saw mill workers.

A lung function study was carried out to determine the relative effect of rice husk and saw dust on mill workers. The study consisted of 195 subjects of which 56 rice mill workers, 71 saw mill workers and 68 controls of similar age, sex and socio-economic condition. FVC was significantly reduced in saw-mill workers compared to both the controls and rice mill workers. Both FEV1 and PEFR/min were...

Respiratory Morbidities and Pulmonary Function Tests of Rice Mill Workers in a City of Karnataka

Website : www.jphmr.com Quick Response Code : for more than 3 million people in Asia, and India ranks next only to China in Paddy production (about 40% of total grains). Since paddy cannot be consumed raw and needs to be processed, more than 1.5 lack rice mills are functioning in India (2005-06), employing a 14 significant number of population . This population is at risk of exposure to grain d...

Respiratory symptoms among forensic identification workers.