ArticleLung2014
Dust is in the air. Part II: Effects of occupational exposure to welding fumes on lung function in a 9-year study.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Welding Fumes, a Risk Factor for Lung Diseases.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
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- Occupational Exposure to Metals and Solvents: Allergy and Airway Diseases.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2020Review
- Effect of Particulate Matter Exposure on Respiratory Health of e-Waste Workers at Agbogbloshie, Accra, Ghana.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Occupational safety measures and morbidity among welders in Vellore, Southern India.International journal of occupational and environmental health · 2016Article
- Dust and Cobalt Levels in the Austrian Tungsten Industry: Workplace and Human Biomonitoring Data.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016Article
- Association between personal exposure to ambient metals and respiratory disease in Italian adolescents: a cross-sectional study.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2016Article
- Association between the Type of Workplace and Lung Function in Copper Miners.BioMed research international · 2016Article
- Risk communication concerning welding fumes for the primary preventive care of welding apprentices in southern Brazil.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2015Article
- An Analytical Cross-sectional Study to Compare Pulmonary Function and Respiratory Morbidity-Related Quality of Life between Construction Workers with Age-and Gender-Matched Controls.Indian journal of occupational and environmental medicineArticle
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Abstract
purposeAdverse health effects of work-related contact with respirable hazardous substances are of great public interest. Because related prospective and long-term follow-up studies are rare, the extent of acute and chronic pulmonary health risks of occupational exposure to welding fumes is discussed controversially in the scientific literature. The objective of the present longitudinal study during a 9-year period was to investigate the annual changes of lung function in welders.
methodsAnthropometric measures and smoking behaviour, and spirometric tests (FVC, FEV1, and MEF50) obtained during routine occupational health checkups of female and male workers (n = 1,982) in Austria during the years 2002-2010 were analyzed.
resultsThe study participants displayed average lung function values lower than the age- and sex-specific norm. Decrease in respiratory capacity was dependent on smoking habits and duration of occupational exposure. Specifically for welders (n = 1,326), decrease of pulmonary function was significantly associated with heavy smoking (FVC -70.7 ml, p = 0.07; FEV1 -167.4 ml, p < 0.001; MEF50 -356.2 ml/s, p < 0.001), but not with moderate smoking habits, and also with duration of occupational exposure to welding fumes per year (FVC -0.89 ml, p = 0.36; FEV1 -2.91 ml, p < 0.001; MEF50 -4.7 ml/s, p = 0.047).
conclusionsIndividual smoking habits as well as duration of occupational exposure to welding fumes showed a negative impact on lung function parameters. To reduce the risk of work-associated respiratory morbidity, smoking cessation is highly recommended to personnel engaged in welding fumes- and dust-exposed occupations.
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