Effects of Prolonged Low Exposure to Methyl Isocyanate

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 625-630

  Avashia, B ^a,b   Battigelli, M C ^a   Morgan, W K C ^a,c   Reger, R B ^d  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rhone Poulenc AG Company   (United States)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d Alderson Broaddus College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYL ISOCYANATE;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG INJURY; LUNG TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; ISOCYANATES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 1542499491     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199606000-00015     Document Type: Article

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