Hassan M A, Khan Z, Yunus M, Bhargava R
Deptt of Community Medicine, J.N. Medical College, Aligarh.
Indian J Public Health. 2002 Apr-Jun;46(2):39-45.
In order to assess the health problems and its relationship to the nature of work of lock factory workers, a field based cross sectional study was carried out in sixty randomly selected lock factories in urban industrial areas of Aligarh city. Nine hundred fifty seven lock factory workers were included in the study out of them 45.7 percent were found to be suffering from one or more than one diseases. Detailed study of the workers showed that 73.05 percent were suffering from respiratory tract diseases, a majority of them having upper respiratory tract infection. Diseases showed a definite trend either increasing (Chronic bronchitis, Emphysema etc) or decreasing (upper respiratory tract infection, Bronchial asthma, Injuries & accidents), according to the age and duration of work. Polishing & filing appeared to be the most hazardous type of the work as shown in the proportion of chest diseases, (56.6%) & (38.3%) in polishing & filling workers respectively.
为了评估锁厂工人的健康问题及其与工作性质的关系，在阿里格尔市城市工业区随机选取的60家锁厂开展了一项基于现场的横断面研究。957名锁厂工人被纳入研究，其中45.7%的工人被发现患有一种或多种疾病。对这些工人的详细研究表明，73.05%的工人患有呼吸道疾病，其中大多数患有上呼吸道感染。根据年龄和工作时长，疾病呈现出明确的趋势，要么增加（慢性支气管炎、肺气肿等），要么减少（上呼吸道感染、支气管哮喘、伤害与事故）。打磨和锉削工作似乎是最危险的工种，打磨和锉削工人患胸部疾病的比例分别为56.6%和38.3%。
