Welding industries are prone to hazards. Welding fumes and carbon monoxide resultedfrom the welding process can cause pulmonary function disorder. Based on the surveyof welding station in Ngagel, there were 7 workers exposed to pulmonary functiondisorder. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between individual characteristic,welding fumes and carbon monoxide (CO) with pulmonary function disorder of weldingworkers in Ngagel Village, Wonokromo, Surabaya. This study is observational analyticwith cross sectional approach and sample of 36 workers from 5 welding station. Theresult of this studied that there were relationship between pulmonary function disorderand welding fumes, individual characteristics in terms of age, duration of exposure,working periode, cigarette smoke, and the amount of cigarette and not correlatedbetween nutrional status, temperature, humadity with pulmonary function disorder.Keywords: welding fume, carbon monoxide, individual characteristic, work climate,pulmonary function disorder.
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