Increase of exhaled nitric oxide (eNO) after methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) exposure in isocyanate workers with bronchial hyperresponsiveness

Allergology International

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 151-158

  Baur, Xaver ^a,b   Barbinova, Luba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b Ordinariat/Zentralinst A Hamburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Challenge test; Inhalation challenge; Isocyanates; Occupational asthma

Indexed keywords

DIPHENYLMETHANE 4,4' DIISOCYANATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ISOCYANATE; METHACHOLINE; NITRIC OXIDE;

AIRWAY; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFLAMMATION; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 17044369650     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2332/allergolint.54.151     Document Type: Article

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