Journal article
The effect of occupational exposure to welding fumes on trachea, bronchus and lung cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis from the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) are the producers of the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury (WHO/ILO Joint Estimates). Welding fumes have been classified as carcinogenic to humans (Group 1) by the WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in IARC Monograph 118; this assessment found sufficient evidence from studies in humans that …
Authors
Loomis D; Dzhambov AM; Momen NC; Chartres N; Descatha A; Guha N; Kang S-K; Modenese A; Morgan RL; Ahn S
Journal
Environment International, Vol. 170, ,
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
December 2022
DOI
10.1016/j.envint.2022.107565
ISSN
0160-4120