Health hazards due to isocyanates - A current review of the literature;Isocyanat-bedingte gesundheitsgefahren - Eine aktuelle literaturübersicht

Arbeitsmedizin Sozialmedizin Umweltmedizin

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 270-277

  Baur, Xaver ^a   Latza, U ^a   Barbinova, L ^a   Yu, F ^a  

^a Zentralinstitut fur Arbeitsmedizir ^*

Author keywords

Isocyanates; Obstructive airway diseases; Occupational diseases; Pathomechanisms; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

1,5 NAPHTHALENEDIISOCYANATE; DIPHENYLMETHANE 4,4' DIISOCYANATE; ELASTOMER; GLUE; HEXAMETHYLENE DIISOCYANATE; ISOCYANATE; ISOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ISOPHORONE DIISOCYANATE; METHYL ISOCYANATE; PAINT; PHENYL ISOCYANATE; TOLUENE DIISOCYANATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BRONCHITIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; ECZEMA; ERYTHEMA; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INHALATION; OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RHINITIS; SKIN ABSORPTION; URTICARIA;

EID: 0037609364     PISSN: 09446052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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