Increased lung function decline in blue-collar workers exposed to welding fumes.

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Date publication

juillet 2012

Journal

Chest

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr THAON Isabelle


Tous les auteurs :
Thaon I, Demange V, Herin F, Touranchet A, Paris C

Résumé

There is no consensus at the present time about the effect of welding on lung function decline. This study compared lung function decline between blue-collar workers exposed and not exposed to welding fumes in a French longitudinal cohort of 21,238 subjects aged 37 to 52 years at inclusion.

Mots clés

Adult, Air Pollutants, Occupational, adverse effects, Case-Control Studies, Cohort Studies, Forced Expiratory Volume, physiology, France, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Lung, drug effects, Male, Middle Aged, Spirometry, Welding

Référence

Chest. 2012 Jul;142(1):192-199