Aims and objectives: Air pollution is one of the major concerns of the civilized world, which has... more Aims and objectives: Air pollution is one of the major concerns of the civilized world, which has a serious toxicological impact on human health and the environment. The traffic police personnel of crowded metropolitan cities, especially from a densely populated country such as India, who work in the traffic for hours together for many years are highly vulnerable to the respiratory morbidities. Present study was aimed at measurement of lung volumes and capacities in traffic police personnel who were posted at various traffic junctions in Mangalore city, so as to note whether prolonged exposure to vehicular exhausts had any detrimental effect on their lung functions. Materials and Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among 100 traffic policemen and 100 controls. Lung function parameters were measured using a portable spirometer. The spirometric parameters were compared in both groups by independent Student's ‘t’ test and the effect of duration of exposure was compared b...
Aims and objectives: Air pollution is one of the major concerns of the civilized world, which has... more Aims and objectives: Air pollution is one of the major concerns of the civilized world, which has a serious toxicological impact on human health and the environment. The traffic police personnel of crowded metropolitan cities, especially from a densely populated country such as India, who work in the traffic for hours together for many years are highly vulnerable to the respiratory morbidities. Present study was aimed at measurement of lung volumes and capacities in traffic police personnel who were posted at various traffic junctions in Mangalore city, so as to note whether prolonged exposure to vehicular exhausts had any detrimental effect on their lung functions. Materials and Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among 100 traffic policemen and 100 controls. Lung function parameters were measured using a portable spirometer. The spirometric parameters were compared in both groups by independent Student's ‘t’ test and the effect of duration of exposure was compared b...
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