This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Hospital waste and disaster management, Occupational health, Subject name: Social & Preventive Medicine
Byssinosis is most commonly seen in? 
Select and explain. 
A. Spinners, B. Sugarcane industry, C. Dyers, D. Weavers
A: Spinners
Answer: A: Spinners 
Explanation: - byssinosis is due to inhalation of cotton fibre dust over long periods of time. - the symptoms are chronic cough and progressive dyspnoea ending in chronic bronchitis and emphysema. - India has a large textile industry employing 35 percent of factory workers and incidence of this disease is repoed to be 7-8 percent. Reference : Park's textbook of preventive and social medicine, 23rd edition, pg no:806 <\p>