Diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI)

IPCS Concise International Chemical Assessment Documents

Volumn , Issue 27, 2001, Pages 1-31

  Sekizawa, J ^a   Greenberg, M M ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHENYLMETHANE 4,4' DIISOCYANATE; MONOMER; OLIGOMER; POLYMER;

CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; DERIVATIZATION; DERMATITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; ISOMER; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATHOGENESIS; PEER REVIEW; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SKIN SENSITIZATION; TOXICOKINETICS; WORKER;

EID: 0035009886     PISSN: 10206167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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