Research Watch - Litigation Watch: Welding Fumes - July 2006

ARTICLE: 'Heart rate variability, hemostatic and acute inflammatory blood parameters in healthy adults after short-term exposure to welding fume' photo-2

JOURNAL: International Archives of Occupational & Environmental Health. 2006 Jun 22.

SUMMARY: This study investigated whether short-term experimental exposure to high levels of welding fumes would be capable of exerting acute effects in healthy subjects. The researchers assessed cardiovascular function in terms of heart rate variability (HRV) as well as the concentrations of inflammatory mediators and hemostatic proteins in blood as outcome measures. Twenty subjects without a history of airway and …