This index was prepared for the Safety and Health Committee of the American Welding Society to provide key-word search capability for the series Effects of Welding on Health, Volumes I through XIV. These works review and evaluate research conducted throughout the world on the potential health effects associated with physical and chemical hazards produced by different welding processes.
The first volume covered research published before 1978, while the latter thirteen covered the time periods between 1978 and 2005 (the last volume also included an appendix with short summaries of articles on the effects of welding on human health published between 2006 and 2009).