Introduction: Nowadays, millions of people are exposed to the dusts in their workplaces.
Occupational exposure to dusts is considered as one of the most common and serious …

Brick clay mill residues are a type of particulate by-product that can cause environmental
and health issues due to the content of fine particulate matter. The present research …

Background: Brick manufacturing industry is one of the oldest and fast-growing industries in
India that employs a large section of people. Brick kiln workers are occupationally exposed …

Objectives: Quarry is an unorganized sector that involves various processes that produce
dust particles of silica and heavy metals. Inhalation of these dust particulates causes serious …

The objective of this study was to compare Ventilatory functions in nonsmokers, smokers
and smoker brick kiln workers to analyze the extent of impairment in the airways. Parameters …

Background: Silicosis is an occupational lung disease caused by prolonged inhalation of
respirable crystalline silica and pulmonary reaction to it. Its true prevalence is …

Background: Stone quarry workers form a unorganized sector of industry scattered all over
India. Due to these workers employed at the granite factory are exposed to different …

Objective: To evaluate the effect of exposure to silica dust on pulmonary functions and to
determine the factors associated with abnormal lung functions tests. Material and Methods …

3-Results The obtained data shows 406 times internal dust in the studied period. Also, the
internal dust has a continuity between 1-3 day (s). Bostan, the northeastern city, with the …