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2017 Month : July Volume : 3 Issue : 58 Page : 4297-4302

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS BETWEEN THE RICE MILL EMPLOYEES AND THEIR CONTROLS WORKING IN MAHABOOBNAGAR TOWN, TELANGANA STATE.

Chintamala Koteswaramma1

1Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Rajeevgandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Adilabad, Telangana State.

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