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Document ID (ISN)18737
CIS number 73-1312
ISSN - Serial title 0003-9896 - Archives of Environmental Health
Year 1973
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Peters J.M.
Title Pulmonary function in shipyard welders - An epidemiologic study
Bibliographic information Jan. 1973, Vol.26, No.1, p.28-31. Illus. 12 ref.
Abstract Three groups of shipyard workers doing repair work (61 welders using conventional arc welding and inert gas methods, 63 pipe fitters and 61 pipe coverers exposed to asbestos) were studied by means of a questionnaire, physical examination, chest x-ray and comprehensive pulmonary function tests. Air samples were collected inside the welding helmet over extended periods; a digest of the data obtained is given (DcO, CuO, Cr, Mn, Ni, Fe2O, ZnO, ozone and nitrogen oxides). Smoking habits were also taken into account. All 3 groups had depressed pulmonary function when compared with similar workers with neither asbestos nor welding exposure.
Descriptors (primary) electric welding; shipyards; harmful substances; functional respiratory disorders
Descriptors (secondary) asbestos; USA
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Metal production and metalworking
Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s) Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Industries and occupations
Browse category(ies) Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Shipbuliding and ship repair
Welding and cutting