• Shilpa Jain
• Charu Chhabra
• Mohd Mazhar

Background: WHO shows that 9 out of 10 people breathe air containing high levels of pollutants, updated estimations reveal an alarming death toll of 7 million people every year caused by ambient and household air pollution. Pulmonary Function tests are simple, safe and non - invasive investigation used in clinical practice for diagnosis of respiratory diseases. Increase in ownership of motor vehicles has led to air quality crisis in many parts of India which render traffic police at risk due to continuously exposed to vehicular emission because of nature of their job. Methodology: A search of the PubMed, Springer link, Science direct, Willey online, Elsevier and web of science databases was conducted to identify latest researches on the pulmonary function testing. Searches that used the term pulmonary function test + air pollution yielded a total of 189 results in the respected data bases. The literature review examines 12 studies done in the traffic police and indicated the impact of air pollution on respiratory health in different states of India. Results: In all the research studies conducted on traffic policemen, there was significant decrement in lung function parameters. Acute and Chronic effect of the outside polluted environment has caused the fall in Lung function parameters of the high physical fitness demanding professionals. Conclusion: Spirometry at early stages in non-symptomatic occupationally exposed individuals help in determining abnormal respiratory mechanics and abnormalities in lungs parenchymal function/gas exchange thereby making Spirometry a significant marker in determining respiratory illness in traffic policemen.

Air pollution, spirometry, Traffic personnel

"A CRITICAL REVIEW ON THE SPIROMETRIC EVALUATION IN TRAFFIC POLICE TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF AIR POLLUTION IN INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.518-524, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906Y02.pdf

"A CRITICAL REVIEW ON THE SPIROMETRIC EVALUATION IN TRAFFIC POLICE TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF AIR POLLUTION IN INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp518-524, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906Y02.pdf