title: Peak expiratory flow rate of children working in lock factories.
abstract: Peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) of 106 children working in different units of lock factory was measured and compared with age and sex matched control group of same socio-economic status children. All the children worked for about ten hours per day. It was observed that there was a significant decrease in PEFR of children working in the different units of lock factories i.e. Hand press, Polishing, Lock fitting, Lock packing units as compared to control group (P>0.001). The reduction percentage of PEFR was maximum in children working in polishing unit (25.48%).
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Physiology, JNMC, AMU, Aligarh.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singhal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Singhal
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gulati
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002648:Child; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007221:Industry; D008297:Male; D010366:Peak Expiratory Flow Rate