Exposure
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Cases n
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Controls n
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Crude OR
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Adjusted OR
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95% CI
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Welding (12 cases, 384 controls): |
Welding in mild steel | 9 | 243 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.3 to 7.3 |
Welding in stainless steel | 5 | 172 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.3 to 3.0 |
Clean up the metal with trichloroethylene5-150
| 3 | 92 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 to 2.6 |
Gas welding with oxyacetylene torch5-150
| 7 | 222 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.4 to 5.5 |
Flame cutting5-150
| 7 | 212 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.3 to 3.6 |
Electric resistance welding5-150
| 4 | 135 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.3 to 3.5 |
Manual metal arc welding (MMA)5-150
| 8 | 226 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 0.4 to 8.3 |
Arc welding with tungsten electrode (TIG)5-150
| 4 | 50 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 0.6 to 11.7 |
Semi-automatic arc welding (MIG/MAG)5-150
| 6 | 94 | 3.1 | 5.0 | 1.3 to 19.6 |
Plasma arc welding5-150
| 2 | 25 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 0.5 to 17.9 |
Type of electrode in arc welding: | — | — | — | — | — |
Rutile | 3 | 63 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 0.6 to 11.6 |
Basic | 2 | 85 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 to 3.3 |
Cellulosic | 2 | 21 | 3.5 | 22.65-151
| 2.4 to 213 |
Place where the welding was performed: | — | — | — | — | — |
In close probing quarters | 2 | 168 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 to 1.7 |
In open air (outdoors) | 5 | 139 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.4 to 4.3 |
In small room (workshop) | 4 | 184 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 to 1.8 |
In factory hall | 9 | 182 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 0.9 to 15.3 |
Use of asbestos made protective equipment | 5 | 109 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 0.6 to 8.5 |
Performance ofx ray tests | 1 | 9 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 0.4 to 42.6 |
Use of pesticides (79 cases, 2649 controls): | | | | | |
Pesticides, all kinds of5-150
| 8 | 240 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.5 to 2.2 |
Herbicides5-150
| 6 | 141 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.1 to 6.3 |