Spirometry showed no impairment in lung function in both the welders and the nonexposed group.
Sultan T Al-Otaibi 2014, 'Respiratory health of a population of welders', Journal of Family and Community Medicinehttp://www.jfcmonline.com/article.asp?issn=2230-8229;year=2014;volume=21;issue=3;spage=162;epage=165;aulast=Al-Otaibi. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
68 exposed artificial stone workers were compared to 48 nonexposed individuals (controls).
Noa Ophir, Amir Bar Shai, Yifat Alkalay, Shani Israeli, Rafi Korenstein, MordechaiR. Kramer, Elizabeth Fireman 2016, 'Artificial stone dust-induced functional and inflammatory abnormalities in exposedworkers monitored quantitatively by biometrics', ERJ Open Researchhttp://openres.ersjournals.com/content/2/1/00086-2015.full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A case-control study was conducted with 124 exposed and 124 matched nonexposed subjects.
Somsiri Decharat, Piriyaluk Phethuayluk, Supandee Maneelok, Phayong Thepaksorn 2014, 'Determination of Mercury Exposure among Dental Health Workers in Nakhon Si ThammaratProvince, Thailand', Journal of Toxicologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/401012. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Analysis of real samples from dry-cleaning workers occupationally exposed to tetrachloroethene and from nonexposed subjectsdemonstrated the method's utility.
Chris-Elmo Ziener, Pia-Paulin Braunsdorf 2014, 'Trace Analysis in End-Exhaled Air Using Direct Solvent Extraction in Gas SamplingTubes: Tetrachloroethene in Workers as an Example', International Journal of Analytical Chemistryhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/904512. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)