Research Watch, Litigation Watch: Welding Fumes, March 2006

JOURNAL: Neurotoxicology. 2006 Feb 13.

SUMMARY: The authors performed a retrospective cohort study in South Korea to clarify the role of occupational exposure, especially to welding, in the etiology of Parkinson's disease. The researchers constructed a database of subjects classified into an exposure group (blue-collar workers) and a non-exposure group (white-collar workers) in two shipbuilding companies. Jobs of blue-collar workers were categorized into the first group of welding, the second group of fitting, grinding and finishing, cutting and the other group. To determine …