pH increase observed in exhaled breath condensate from welding fume exposure

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 353-356

  Boyce, Paul D ^a,b   Kim, Jee Young ^a,c   Weissman, David N ^d   Hunt, John ^e   Christiani, David C ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON;

ADULT; AERATION; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CYCLONE SEPARATOR; EXPIRED AIR; HUMAN; MICROELECTRODE; MONITORING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PH; PH MEASUREMENT; PNEUMONIA; SAMPLING; SCHOOL; SMOKING; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT; WELDING FUME; WORK SCHEDULE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; GAS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; WELDING;

ADULT; BREATH TESTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMONIA; WELDING;

EID: 33646841183     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000205988.50907.d8     Document Type: Article

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