Chronic respiratory symptoms, lung function and associated factors among flour mill factory workers in Hawassa city, southern Ethiopia: "comparative cross-sectional study"

• Main Authors: Zemachu Ashuro Lagiso (Author), Worku Tefera Mekonnen (Author), Samson Wakuma Abaya (Author), Abera Kumie Takele (Author), Hailemichael Mulugeta Workneh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Occupational related respiratory diseases arise as a result of the deposition of dust particles in the lungs. Flour milling industries; generate organic dust during industrial processes, such as cleaning, milling, packaging, and loading which release dust into the air and later i...