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ARTICLE: Soluble Transition Metals Cause the Pro-Inflammatory Effects of Welding Fumes in Vitro

AUTHORS: J.D. McNeilly, M.R. Heal, I.J. Beverland, A. Howe. M.D. Gibson, L.R. Hibbs, W. MacNee, K. Donaldson

JOURNAL: Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 2004 Apr 1;196(1):95-107

SUMMARY: The authors of the study looked at the molecular toxicology of three different metal-rich welding fumes after determining that epidemiological studies have consistently reported a higher incidence of respiratory illnesses such as bronchitis, metal fume fever, and chronic pneumonitis among welders exposed to high concentrations of metal-enriched fumes. The …