How welding fumes affect the welder

Welding Journal (Miami, Fla)

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 55-59

  Antonini, J M ^a   Krishna Murthy, G G ^b   Rogers, R A ^b   Albert, R ^c   Eagar, T W ^d   Ulrich, G D ^c   Brian, J D ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^d Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON STEEL; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PULMONARY DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAINLESS STEEL; WELDING ELECTRODES;

WELDING FUMES;

GAS METAL ARC WELDING;

EID: 0032188711     PISSN: 00432296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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