Open AccessThe risk of cataract in relation to metal arc welding
Author(s) -
R M Slagor,
Morten la Cour,
Jens Peter Bonde
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.3572
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , danish , cohort , confidence interval , cohort study , proportional hazards model , risk factor , diabetes mellitus , demography , environmental health , philosophy , endocrinology , linguistics , sociology
There are indications that solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) increases the risk of cataract, but there is only circumstantial evidence that metal welding, an important occupational source of UVR exposure, is a risk factor. The objective of this study is to unravel if metal welding increases the risk of cataract.