Pulmonary effects of spot welding in automobile assembly

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 267-269

  Loukzadeh, Zeeba ^a   Sharifian, Seyed Akbar ^b   Aminian, Omid ^b   Shojaoddiny Ardekani, Ahmad ^a  

^a YAZD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Pulmonary function; Respiratory symptoms; Spirometry; Spot welding

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; IRAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; OFFICE WORKER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING HABIT; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM; WELDING FUME;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AUTOMOBILES; BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; WELDING;

EID: 66749133441     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqp033     Document Type: Article

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