Study of pulmonary function test in brick kiln workers in Ambala district (Haryana)

Abstract

The objective of this study is to assess pulmonary functions among brick kiln workers in Ambala di strict and to ana lyse the extent of impairment and its relation to duration of employment. The pulmonary functions were conducted on 30 male non-smoker brick kiln workers by us ing computerized spiro-excel. These workers were categorized into 3 major groups on basis of their working duration i. e. exposure from 1-5 years, 6-10 years and 11- 1 5 years.