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ArticleScandinavian journal of work, environment & health2021

Effect of welding fumes on the cardiovascular system: a six-year longitudinal study.

Tahir Taj, Anda R Gliga, Maria Hedmer, Karin Wahlberg, Eva Assarsson, Thomas Lundh, Håkan Tinnerberg, Maria Albin, Karin Broberg

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Article in Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Longitudinal changes in cardiovascular disease-related proteins in welders.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2024
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  4. Fifty years of research in the Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2024
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  6. An occupational exposure limit for welding fumes is urgently needed.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Tahir TajInstitute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. karin.broberg@ki.se.
Anda R Gliga
Maria Hedmer
Karin Wahlberg
Eva Assarsson
Thomas Lundh
Håkan Tinnerberg
Maria Albin
Karin Broberg
Lund University · SEKarolinska Institutet · SEUniversity of Gothenburg · SE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective This study investigated whether low-to-moderate exposure to welding fumes is associated with adverse effects on the cardiovascular system. Methods To test this, we performed a longitudinal analysis of 78 mild steel welders and 96 controls; these subjects were examined twice, six years apart (ie, timepoints 1 and 2). All subjects (male and non-smoking at recruitment) completed questionnaires describing their health, work history, and lifestyle. We measured their blood pressure, endothelial function (by EndoPAT), and risk markers for cardiovascular disease [low-density lioprotein (LDL), homocysteine, C-reactive protein]. Exposure to welding fumes was assessed from the responses to questionnaires and measurements of respirable dust in their breathing zones adjusted for use of respiratory protection equipment. Linear mixed-effect regression models were used for the longitudinal analysis. Results Median respirable dust concentrations, adjusted for respirable protection, of the welders were 0.7 (5-95 percentile range 0.2-4.2) and 0.5 (0.1-1.9) mg/m

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Air Pollutants, OccupationalCardiovascular SystemOccupational ExposureWeldingHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleAir Pollutants, Occupational

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PMID32725248
PMCPMC7801138
OpenAlexW3045662689

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