Evaluation of respiratory symptoms, spirometric lung patterns and metal fume concentrations among welders in indoor air-conditioned building at Malaysia

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Evaluation of respiratory symptoms, spirometric lung patterns and metal fume concentrations among welders in indoor air-conditioned building at Malaysia

Welding is one of the fundamental processes for metal joining in automotive industries and there is an increasing concern over occupational lung disease among welder due to exposure towards welding fumes. A lung disease questionnaire (ATS-DLD-78) was used to record the presence of respiratory sympto...

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Main Authors:	Zainal Bakri, Siti Farhana, Hariri, Azian, Ismail, Marzuki, Kassim, Nazrul Idzham
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit UTHM 2018
Subjects:	TH6014-6081 Environmental engineering of buildings. Sanitary engineering of buildings
Online Access:	http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/5954/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/5954/1/AJ%202018%20%28672%29.pdf

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