DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2018.v06i02.060

Pages: 773-782

The present study was conducted on the cotton mattress makers of Indore city of the age group of 30-45 years to assess their Pulmonary Function Tests and to compare with the normal healthy adults of the same age group. In the past, many studies have been done on the cotton industry workers and it was found that inhalation of cotton fibres result in obstructive lung disease, if exposed for a long time. Pulmonary Function Tests of study group of fifty cotton carding workers and control group of fifty healthy subjects were studied in the Department of Physiology, Index Medical College and Hospital Indore.