Journal:
:international journal of occupational hygiene
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gholamreza pouryaghoub associated professor, department of occupational medicine, faculty of medecine, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
atefehsadat mortazavi occupational medicine specialist, department of occupationa medicine, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
ramin mehrdad associated professor, department of occupational medicine, faculty of medecine, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
more than one percent of the labor force in each country consists of welders exposed to various damages caused by welding. the number of studies conducted in this field is low, especially in iran. in this paper, we tried to discover any temporary and reversible obstructive effect of welding fumes on the respiratory systems of welders. in this cross-sectional study, peak expiratory flow rates an...