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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

The Nexus between Workplace Exposure for Wood, Welding, Motor Mechanic, and Oil Refinery Workers and the Prevalence of Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Sultan Ayoub Meo, Thamir Al-Khlaiwi, Abdulelah Adnan Abukhalaf, Ali Abdullah Alomar, Omar Mohammed Alessa, Faris Jamal Almutairi, Majed Mohammed Alasbali

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sultan Ayoub MeoDepartment of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-9820-1852
Thamir Al-KhlaiwiDepartment of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulelah Adnan AbukhalafDepartment of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.
Ali Abdullah AlomarDepartment of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.
Omar Mohammed AlessaDepartment of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.
Faris Jamal AlmutairiDepartment of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.
Majed Mohammed AlasbaliDepartment of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.
King Saud University · SA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Workplace exposure in various occupational and industrial sectors is an emerging health concern worldwide. This study aimed to investigate the nexus between workplace exposure for wood, welding, motor mechanic, and oil refinery workers and the prevalence of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Initially, 2500 male volunteers who were wood, welding, motor mechanic, and oil refinery workers were interviewed. After an examination of their demographics and medical history, 1408 non-smoking wood (158), welding (560), motor mechanic (272), and oil refinery workers (217), along with 201 control subjects, were selected. The participants' mean age was 36.59 ± 0.29 years and the mean body mass index was 26.14 ± 0.11 kg/m

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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2Occupational ExposurePrediabetic StateWeldingWorkplaceAdultGlycated HemoglobinHumansMalePrevalenceWoodGlycated Hemoglobinenvironmental pollutionprevalencetype-2 diabetes mellitusworkplace

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PMID32512868
PMCPMC7312831
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