Current status and research progress of occupational health monitoring in welding fume operations.
10.3760/cma.j.cn121094-20210721-00364
- Author:
Da Yu WANG
1
;
Hui Qing ZHANG
2
;
Qiang ZENG
2
Author Information
1. Physical Examination Department of Tianjin Occupational Diseases Prevention and Control Hospital, Tianjin 300011, China.
2. Institute for Occupational Health, Tianjin Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tianjin 300011, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Biological indicators;
Health check-up;
Health monitoring;
Occupational health;
Welding fume
- MeSH:
Occupational Health;
Welding;
Occupational Exposure/analysis*;
Dust/analysis*;
Biomarkers;
Air Pollutants, Occupational/analysis*
- From:
Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases
2023;41(1):66-71
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Welding operations are widely present in the manufacturing production process, involving a large number of occupational groups, and are the key occupations where work injuries and occupational diseases occur in China. For different welding processes and welding materials, the content and focus of occupational health monitoring are different. At present, the item of occupational health examination in welding operation is in poor consistency with the on-site exposure of occupational hazard factors, and it is mainly concentrated in the stage of disease development, which can not reflect the early health damage caused by welding dust exposure in time. The emergence of biomarkers of welding dust can make up for this defect. Therefore, it is of great significance to describe the current situation of occupational health monitoring of welding dust and summarize the research progress of related biomarkers for the early prevention of diseases caused by welding dust and the practice of occupational health monitoring.
