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ArticleJournal of occupational health2018

Cancer risk assessment for occupational exposure to chromium and nickel in welding fumes from pipeline construction, pressure container manufacturing, and shipyard building in Taiwan.

Show-Yi Yang, Jia-Ming Lin, Wan-Yu Lin, Ching-Wen Chang

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Article in Journal of occupational health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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  5. Effects of Heavy Metal Exposure on Shipyard Welders: A Cautionary Note for 8-Hydroxy-2'-Deoxyguanosine.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019
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Show-Yi YangInstitute of Environmental Health, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5398-685X
Jia-Ming LinInstitute of Environmental Health, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University.
Wan-Yu LinInstitute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University.
Ching-Wen ChangInstitute of Environmental Health, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveWe assessed the cancer risks resulting from the exposure to chromium, hexavalent chromium (Cr (VI) ), oxidic nickel (Ni), and soluble Ni in welding fumes during pipeline and shipyard construction and pressure container manufacturing in Taiwan. We also determined the roles of welding performance and demographic characteristics during the exposure to Cr and Ni.

methodsPersonal air samples were collected for the analysis of Cr and Ni, and the concentrations of Cr (VI), oxidic Ni, and soluble Ni were quantified. We assessed cancer slope factors for Cr, Cr (VI), oxidic Ni, and soluble Ni, and we used the Incremental Lifetime Cancer Risk model proposed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to calculate excess risk.

resultsThe risks of exposure to Cr and Cr (VI) in welding fumes exceeded the acceptable level of occupational exposure (10

conclusionThe study revealed that welders belong to a high cancer-risk group. Furthermore, we demonstrated the roles of filler metals and stainless steel in exposure to Cr and Ni.

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AdultAgedAir Pollutants, OccupationalCarcinogens, EnvironmentalChromiumConstruction MaterialsEnvironmental MonitoringHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasmsNickelOccupational ExposureRisk AssessmentShipsTaiwanAir Pollutants, OccupationalCarcinogens, EnvironmentalChromiumchromium hexavalent ionNickelCancer risk assessmentChromium VIOxidic nickelSoluble nickelWelding fumes

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PMCPMC6281631

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