Asthma in tunnel workers exposed to synthetic resins

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 335-341

  Ulvestad, Bente ^a,c   Melbostad, Erik ^a   Fuglerud, Per ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b PAREXEL INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c Selmer ASA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Isocyanates; Methacholine responsiveness

Indexed keywords

DIPHENYLMETHANE 4,4' DIISOCYANATE; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; ISOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; METHACHOLINE; POLYURETHAN; RESIN; TOLUENE DIISOCYANATE;

ADULT; AIRWAY; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CONSTRUCTION WORK; FILTER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SMOKING HABIT; SPIROMETER; WORK; WORKPLACE;

BRONCHUS;

EID: 0032855530     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.443     Document Type: Article

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