The health and economic burden of dust pollution in the textile industry of Faisalabad, Pakistan.

Background: Exposure to dust in textile mills adversely affects workers' health. We collected epidemiological data on textile workers suffering from respiratory diseases and assessed work absence associated with illnesses in Faisalabad, Pakistan.

Methods: We recruited 206 workers using multistage sampling from 11 spinning mills in Faisalabad, Pakistan.

Epidemiology of respiratory diseases and associated factors among female textile workers in Pakistan.

. The study aimed to estimate the prevalence of byssinosis and other respiratory symptoms among women textile workers and the associated risk factors in 18 spinning mills of Faisalabad and Lahore districts of Punjab, Pakistan. .