Health hazards of welding fumes

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1176-1182

  Meo, Sultan A ^a   Al Khlaiwi, Thamir ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; ARSENIC; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; PHOSGENE; SILVER; TIN; TUNGSTEN; ZINC;

CATARACT; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ERYTHEMA; EYE IRRITATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; KERATITIS; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; MELANOMA; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PTERYGIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RHINITIS; SKILL; SKIN CANCER; SKIN IRRITATION; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; WELDING; WELDING FUME;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; GASES; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; WELDING;

EID: 0346242753     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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