title: Nonspirometric aspects of pulmonary function in subjects with dust industries.
abstract: Bangladesh is a developing country. Many workers are involved in different industries which are polluted with dust e.g. saw mill, rice mill, jarda factory etc. The present study may give a preliminary idea about the lung function status of those workers. The study has been designed to analyze the lung function status of those workers by measuring TCO2 aiming to recommend necessary steps to improved the quality of life of workers of dust industry in our socioeconomic context. This study was to evaluate pulmonary functional status of those workers who are exposed to dust in industries like saw mill 26.00 mmol/l, rice mill 31.10 mmol/l and jarda factory 22.11 mmol/l. In all groups p values were >0.1 which was not significant except jarda factory worker in which p value was <0.001 and it was highly significant. This study was carried out to increase the awareness of the workers and to reduce the cost of employment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Mymensingh Medical College, Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Khatun
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Latif
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Uddin
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Wahab
mesh_terms: D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004391:Dust; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry; D008168:Lung / Q000502:physiology*; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D011446:Prospective Studies
chemical_list: D004391:Dust; D002245:Carbon Dioxide