Exposure to respirable dust and manganese and prevalence of airways symptoms, among Swedish mild steel welders in the manufacturing industry

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 623-634

  Hedmer, Maria ^a   Karlsson, Jan Eric ^a   Andersson, Ulla ^a   Jacobsson, Helene ^b   Nielsen, Jörn ^a   Tinnerberg, Håkan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Manganese; Mild steel; Occupational exposure; Respirable dust; Symptoms; Welding

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; DUST; MANGANESE; OZONE; STEEL;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; COUGH; DUST; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; TOXICITY; WELDING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; COUGH; DUST; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANGANESE; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OZONE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; STEEL; SWEDEN; WELDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905028237     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-013-0896-3     Document Type: Article

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