Evaluation of pulmonary function in workers exposed to hexamethylene diisocyanate

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 378-383

  Hathaway, James A ^a   DeWilde, Annemie ^b   Shepperly, David C ^b   Nguyen, Lieu T ^d   Johnson, J E B ^c  

^a Rhodia North America   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c Coastal Physician Associates ^*  (United States)

^d Rhodia Inc CN 7500 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLENE DIISOCYANATE; MONOMER; POLYURETHAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CYANATES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0032908461     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199905000-00005     Document Type: Article

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