Lung cancer risk in welders and foundry workers with a history of heavy smoking in the USA: The National Lung Screening Trial

Conclusions
Our findings provide further evidence that exposure to welding/metal fumes may be associated with elevated lung cancer risk.

Trial registration number
NCT00047385.

Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - May 19, 2017 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Wong, J. Y. Y., Bassig, B. A., Seow, W. J., Hu, W., Ji, B.-T., Blair, A., Silverman, D. T., Lan, Q. Tags: Workplace Source Type: research