A study on pulmonary function tests among rice mill workers in Mysuru, Karnataka
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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...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biomedicine
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0970-2067
DOI: 10.51248/.v39i2.185