Are welders more at risk of respiratory infections? Findings from a cross-sectional survey and analysis of medical records in shipyard workers: The WELSHIP project

Thorax

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 601-606

  Marongiu, Andrea ^a,b   Hasan, Omar ^c   Ali, Anila ^c   Bakhsh, Sharoon ^c   George, Bobby ^c   Irfan, Nabeel ^c   Minelli, Cosetta ^a   Canova, Cristina ^a,d   Schofield, Susie ^a   De Matteis, Sara ^a,b   Cullinan, Paul ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Medical Department   (United Arab Emirates)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE EAST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHLEGMON; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SHIPYARD WORKER; SUMMER; THORAX DISEASE; WELDING; WELDING FUME; WHEEZING; WINTER; ADVERSE EFFECTS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SHIP; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SHIPS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WELDING;

EID: 84966687096     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207912     Document Type: Review

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