TY - JOUR T1 - Vaccinating welders against pneumonia JF - Occupational and Environmental Medicine JO - Occup Environ Med SP - 932 LP - 932 DO - 10.1136/oemed-2012-101057 VL - 69 IS - 12 AU - Keith T Palmer AU - Martin Cosgrove Y1 - 2012/12/01 UR - http://oem.bmj.com/content/69/12/932.1.abstract N2 - Recently, the Department of Health in England (DH) recommended that welders should each receive a single dose of the 23-valent pneumococcal vaccine (PPV23).1 Although this advice arises in the context of occupational health and safety practice in the UK, we believe that readers internationally with responsibility for the health of welders may be interested to learn of this development. The evidence behind the advice of the DH has accumulated steadily over the last 2 decades and now rests on several pillars. … ER -