PMID- 35508890
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20230207
LR  - 20230207
IS  - 1559-0720 (Electronic)
IS  - 0163-4984 (Linking)
VI  - 201
IP  - 3
DP  - 2023 Mar
TI  - Occupational Exposure to Metal Fumes Among Iranian Welders: Systematic Review and 
      Simulation-Based Health Risk Assessment.
PG  - 1090-1100
LID - 10.1007/s12011-022-03246-y [doi]
AB  - There have been numerous reports of welder's worker exposure to metal fumes. 
      Carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic (neurological, dermal, and etc.) effects are 
      the adverse outcomes of exposure to welding fumes. In this review study, data 
      were collected from previous studies conducted in Iran from 1900 to 2020. The 
      risk of carcinogenicity and non-carcinogenicity due to exposure to welding metal 
      fumes was assessed using the United States Environmental Protection Agency 
      (USEPA) method based on the Monte Carlo simulation (MCS). Results showed mean of 
      metal fume concentration in gas welding was in the range of 1.8248 to 1060.6 
      (microg/m(3)) and in arc welding was 54.935 to 4882.72 (microg/m(3)). The mean 
      concentration of fumes in gas welding is below the recommended American 
      Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) standard exposure limit 
      except for manganese, and in the arc welding, all metal fume concentrations are 
      below the standard exposure limit except for manganese and aluminum. The results 
      showed that the risk of carcinogenicity due to exposure to nickel, manganese in 
      both gas and arc welding, and cadmium in gas welding was higher than standard 
      level (hazard quotient (HQ) more than 1). Cancer risk due to exposure to nickel 
      in both gas and arc welding was probable (1 x 10(-6) < cancer risk 
      (CR) < 1 x 10(-4)). Health risk assessment showed that welders are exposed to 
      health risks. Preventive measures should be applied in welding workplaces to 
      reduce the concentrations of metal fumes.
CI  - (c) 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business 
      Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
FAU - Soltanpour, Zahra
AU  - Soltanpour Z
AD  - Department of Occupational Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Tabriz 
      University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
FAU - Rasoulzadeh, Yahya
AU  - Rasoulzadeh Y
AD  - Department of Occupational Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Tabriz 
      University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
AD  - Road Traffic Injury Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, 
      Tabriz, Iran.
FAU - Mohammadian, Yousef
AU  - Mohammadian Y
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5545-3619
AD  - Department of Occupational Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Tabriz 
      University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Mohammadiany@tbzmed.ac.ir.
LA  - eng
GR  - 989904/National Institute for Medical Research Development/
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PT  - Systematic Review
DEP - 20220505
PL  - United States
TA  - Biol Trace Elem Res
JT  - Biological trace element research
JID - 7911509
RN  - 0 (Air Pollutants, Occupational)
RN  - 7OV03QG267 (Nickel)
RN  - 42Z2K6ZL8P (Manganese)
SB  - IM
MH  - Humans
MH  - Iran
MH  - *Air Pollutants, Occupational/adverse effects/analysis
MH  - Metal Workers
MH  - Nickel/analysis
MH  - Manganese/analysis
MH  - *Occupational Exposure/adverse effects/analysis
MH  - Risk Assessment
MH  - *Welding/methods
MH  - *Neoplasms
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Carcinogenicity
OT  - Exposure
OT  - Health risk
OT  - Iran
OT  - Metal fumes
OT  - Welders
EDAT- 2022/05/05 06:00
MHDA- 2023/02/08 06:00
CRDT- 2022/05/04 23:57
PHST- 2022/01/20 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/04/14 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/05/05 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/02/08 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2022/05/04 23:57 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/s12011-022-03246-y [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s12011-022-03246-y [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Biol Trace Elem Res. 2023 Mar;201(3):1090-1100. doi: 10.1007/s12011-022-03246-y. 
      Epub 2022 May 5.