Change in obstructive pulmonary function as a result of cumulative exposure to welding fumes as determined by magnetopneumography in Japanese arc welders

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 673-677

  Nakadate, Toshio ^a   Aizawa, Yoshiharu ^b   Yagami, Takashi ^c   Zheg, Yi Qin ^d   Kotani, Makoto ^d   Ishiwata, Kouichi ^e  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d TOKYO DENKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Shin Caterpillar Mitsubishi   (Japan)

Author keywords

Magnetopneumography; Obstructive airway disease; Welding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG FUNCTION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE; PNEUMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY; WELDING; WELDING FUME;

EID: 0031684411     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.55.10.673     Document Type: Article

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