Occupational hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to isocyanates: Mechanisms of action and case reports in Japan

Industrial Health

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 269-279

  Nakashima, K ^a   Takeshita, T ^a   Morimoto, K ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Di isocyanate; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP); Immunology; Japan; Review

Indexed keywords

ISOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; URETHAN;

ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; JAPAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0034879402     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.39.269     Document Type: Article

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