A Study of Respiratory Morbidity and Pulmonary Function Among Solderers in the Electronics Industry

Rastogi, Shivani; Husain, Tanveer; Mathur, Neeraj; Pangtey, Balram S.

doi:10.1202/0002-8894(1991)052<0045:asorma>2.0.co;2

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“…The search yielded 44 articles from PubMed, 48 from CINAHL, 20 from Highwire, no article from The Cochrane Library, and no new citation from reference screening. Finally, 7 studies were included in the meta-analysis [8][9][10][11][24][25][26].…”

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“…Five studies were cross-sectional [8,10,11,25,26], one was a case control [9], and one was a cohort [24]. Three studies fulfilled more than 80% of the STROBE criteria [8,9,26], two fulfilled between 50 and 80% of the criteria [11,25], and two fulfilled less than 50% of the criteria [10,24]. 2 : 17% for cough).…”

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“…They were conducted mainly in the United Kingdom [8][9][10]24], but also in the United States [26], India [25], and Singapore [11]. Five studies were cross-sectional [8,10,11,25,26], one was a case control [9], and one was a cohort [24]. Three studies fulfilled more than 80% of the STROBE criteria [8,9,26], two fulfilled between 50 and 80% of the criteria [11,25], and two fulfilled less than 50% of the criteria [10,24].…”

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“…Five studies were pooled to generate the mean FEV1, FVC, and FEV1/FVC of solderers [8,11,[24][25][26]. Three studies were combined to determine the standardized mean difference in spirometric parameters between exposed and unexposed persons [8,11,25].…”

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Work-related respiratory symptoms and lung function among solderers in the electronics industry: a meta-analysis

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Forno

et al. 2011

Environ Health Prev Med

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Objective Research on the respiratory effect of exposure to solder fumes in electronics workers has been conducted since the 1970s, but has yielded inconsistent results. The aim of this meta-analysis was to clarify the potential association. Methods Effect sizes with corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for odds of respiratory symptoms related to soldering and spirometric parameters of solderers were extracted from seven studies and pooled to generate summary estimates and standardized mean differences in lung function measures between exposed persons and controls. Results Soldering was positively associated with wheeze after controlling for smoking (meta-odds ratio: 2.60, 95% CI: 1.46, 4.63) and with statistically significant reductions in forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) (-0.88%, 95% CI: -1.51, -0.26), forced vital capacity (FVC) (-0.64%, 95% CI: -1.18, -0.10), and FEV1/FVC (-0.35%, 95% CI: -0.65, -0.05). However, lung function parameters of solderers were within normal ranges [pooled mean FEV1: 97.85 Conclusions Soldering may be a risk factor for wheeze, but may not be associated with a clinically significant impairment of lung function among electronics workers.

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