A population-based study on welding exposures at work and respiratory symptoms

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 107-115

  Lillienberg, L ^a   Zock, J P ^b,c   Kromhout, H ^d   Plana, E ^b,c   Jarvis, D ^e   Toren K ^a,f   Kogevinas, M ^b,c,g  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Asthma medication; Asthma symptoms; Chronic bronchitis symptoms; Epidemiology; Male; Stainless steel; Welding; Welding techniques; Wheeze

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; FOOD PROCESSING; GARNETS; HEALTH RISKS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; OIL WELL LOGGING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SURVEYS;

ASTHMA MEDICATION; ASTHMA SYMPTOMS; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS SYMPTOMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CUMULATIVE EXPOSURES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPEAN; EUROPEAN COMMUNITY; EXTERNAL-; MALE; REFERENCE GROUP; REGRESSION MODELLING; RESPIRATORY HEALTH; RESPIRATORY PROTECTION; RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS; RISK FACTORS; STAINLESS STEEL; WELDED MATERIALS; WELDING FUMES; WELDING METHODS; WELDING TECHNIQUES; WHEEZE;

WELDING;

STAINLESS STEEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; FUME; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; SYMPTOM; WELDING; WHEEZING; AIR POLLUTANT; BREATHING DISORDER; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPOSURE; METALLURGY; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASTHMA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; METALLURGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; WELDING;

EID: 44949180114     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mem063     Document Type: Article

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