Increased lung function decline in blue-collar workers exposed to welding fumes.
Fiche publication
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
Lien Pubmed
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