Dose responses of years of exposure on lung functions in male and female beedi workers

  • 31/12/2008

  • Indian Journal of Environmental Protection

Beedi is prepared in unorganized sectors and the biddi binders are mostly perform the whole procedure at their home. Beedi is smoked, like the cigarette though there are a lot of differences. Beedi is wrapped by kendu leaves, tobacco is less roasted and lenght is shorter compared to cigarettes. The beedi workers belong to poor socio-economic status and are exposed to tobacco dust during beedi making which causes different types of respiratory ailments. In the present study the lung function tests (LFT) are carried out in male and female biddi binders in Murshidabad, West Bengal.