AWS EWH.10 : 1998

EFFECTS OF WELDING ON HEALTH 10

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Personnel
Foreword
Comparative Listing - Welding Processes
Glossary
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Executive Summary
Technical Summary
List of Tables
List of Figures
Section One - The Exposure
1. Fume Composition
2. Analytical Methods
    2.1 Chromium
    2.2 Fluoride
    2.3 Nickel
    2.4 Analysis of Metals in Biological Fluids
    2.5 Air Monitoring
3. Workplace Exposures
4. Welding with Lasers
    4.1 Hazards Associated with Lasers
5. Electromagnetic Fields
6. Incidental Exposures
    6.1 Production Coatings
    6.2 Thermal Exposure
7 . Hygiene and Work Practices
    7.1 Training
    7.2 Ventilation
    7.3 Protective Gear and Equipment
    7.4 Accidents
Section Two - Effects of Welding on Human Health
8. Respiratory Tract
    8.1 Pulmonary Function
    8.2 Asthma and Bronchitis
    8.3 Reactive Airways Dysfunction Syndrome
    8.4 Pneumonia
    8.5 Pneumoconiosis
    8.6 Asbestosis
    8.7 Analysis of Biopsied Lung Tissue Samples
9. Case Reports
    9.1 Cadmium
    9.2 Lead
    9.3 Zinc
    9.4 Asbestos
    9.5 Hard Metal
10. Cancer
    10.1 Lung Cancer
    10.2 Thoriated Electrodes
    10.3 Extraneous Exposures
    10.4 Naso-Pharyngeal Cancer
    10.5 Bladder Cancer
    10.6 Malignant Lymphomas
    10.7 Liver Cancer
    10.8 Cancers Associated with Electromagnetic Fields
11. Metal Fume Fever
12. Effects on the Ear
13. Effects on the Eye and Vision
14. Effects on the Skin and Connective Tissue
    14.1 Thermal Burns
    14.2 Chronic Actinic Dermatitis
    14.3 Hypersensitivity to Nickel
    14.4 Scleroderma
15. Effects on the Nervous System
    15.1 Motor Neurone Disease
    15.2 Multiple Sclerosis
    15.3 Aluminum Exposure
16. Effects on the Musculoskeletal System
17. Effects on the Kidney
    17.1 Cadmium
    17.2 Chromium
18. Effects on the Cardiovascular System
19. Effects on Fertility
20. Effects of Manganese
21. Effects of Mercury
22. Effects of Lead
    22.1 Bone Lead Measurements
    22.2 Metallothionein
    22.3 Treatment of Lead Poisoning
    22.4 Paget's Disease
23. Antioxidants
24. Biological Monitoring
    24.1 Barium
    24.2 Cadmium
    24.3 Chromium
    24.4 Cobalt
    24.5 Lead
    24.6 Manganese
    24.7 Mercury
    24.8 Plutonium
25. Biomarkers
    25.1 Genotoxicity
    25.2 DNA-Protein Cross-Links
    25.3 Hair and Nails
Section Three - Investigations in Animals and Cell Cultures
26. Effects of Electromagnetic Fields on Fetal Development
27. Fertility
28. Metal Fume Fever
29. Antioxidants
30. In Vitro Studies
31. Gene Expression
References

Abstract

Specifies Pulmonary function test that are sensitive indicators of changes in the lungs and may be useful for diagnostic purposes in persons with pulmonary symptoms or for detection of early, minor changes in the lung that may still be reversible.