Asthma-like symptoms in wood product plant workers exposed to methylene diphenyl diisocyanate

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Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1183-1193

  Petsonk, Edward L ^a   Wang, Mei Lin ^a   Lewis, Daniel M ^a   Siegel, Paul D ^a   Husberg, Bradley J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Diisocyanates; Occupational asthma; Respiratory protection; Skin exposure; Wood products

Indexed keywords

DIPHENYLMETHANE 4,4' DIISOCYANATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SKIN; SPIROMETRY; STAINING; WOOD;

EID: 0033790601     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.118.4.1183     Document Type: Article

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