Airway symptoms and lung function in pipelayers exposed to thermal degradation products from MDI-based polyurethane

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 873-879

  Jakobsson, K ^a   Kronholm Diab, K ^a   Rylander, L ^a   Hagmar, L ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Methylene diphenyl diisocyanate; Respiratory disease

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; ISOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYURETHAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; EYE DISEASE; EYE IRRITATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE CONGESTION; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SENSITIZATION; SMOKING; SORE THROAT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VITAL CAPACITY; WELDING;

EID: 0031442378     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.54.12.873     Document Type: Article

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