Too hot to handle: An unusual exposure of HDI in specialty painters

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 431-437

  Franklin, Phillip J ^d   Goldenberg, Wayne S ^a   Ducatman, Alan M ^c   Franklin, Elise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NABI   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Asthma; Dermatitis; Hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI); Isocyanates

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLENE DIISOCYANATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PAINTER; RASH;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; BRONCHOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; CYANATES; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; DYSPNEA; EXANTHEMA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINT; SPIROMETRY; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0034097264     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(200004)37:4<431::AID-AJIM13>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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