Allergic alveolitis following exposure to epoxy polyester powder paint containing low amounts (<1%) of acid anhydrides

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 948-951

  Piirila P ^a   Keskinen, H ^a   Anttila, S ^a   Hyvonen M ^b   Pfaffli P ^a   Tuomi, T ^a   Tupasela, O ^a   Tuppurainen, M ^a   Nordman, H ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b Helsinki Energy   (Finland)

Author keywords

Extrinsic allergic alveolitis; Phthalic anhydride; Polyester powder paint; Trimellitic anhydride

Indexed keywords

ACID ANHYDRIDE; PAINT; POLYESTER;

ADULT; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG LAVAGE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALLERGENS; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAINT; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDES; POLYESTERS;

EID: 0030938322     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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