title: Occupational asthma due to gas metal arc welding on mild steel.
abstract: Occupational asthma has been documented in electric arc welders exposed to manual metal arc welding on stainless steel. A subject is described who developed late and dual asthmatic reactions after occupational-type challenge exposure to gas metal arc welding on uncoated mild steel.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chest Medicine, Mont-Godinne Hospital, Catholic University of Louvain, Yvoir, Belgium.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Vandenplas
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dargent
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Auverdin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boulanger
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bossiroy
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Roosels
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vande Weyer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D005740:Gases / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013232:Steel; D014896:Welding
chemical_list: D005740:Gases; D013232:Steel