Prevalence of Respiratory Diseases among the Worker of Wooden Saw Mills

Document Type : Primary Research paper

Author

Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, Jai Narain Vyas University

Abstract

Rapid industrialisation is taking place in every country for fulfilling the domestic and international requirement and to create employment opportunities in every areas without considering the pollutional load on surrounding environment and its effects on the workers of the industries. Air pollution is becoming challenge for every government along with the industries. We are continuously inhaling the air for survival and particulate matter present in the air are also going in the respiratory system and get deposited at various places. The toxicological effects depend upon the chemical composition of particle, size of particle and place of deposition. In this study an attempt was made to assess the prevalence of various respiratory disease among the workers which are exposed to air pollutants.

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