Inhalation exposure to isocyanates of car body repair shop workers and industrial spray painters

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-14

  Pronk, Anjoeka ^a,b   Tielemans, Erik ^a   Skarping, Gunnar ^c   Bobeldijk, Ivana ^a   Van Hemmen, Joop ^a   Heederik, Dick ^a,b   Preller, Liesbeth ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Isocyanate; Occupational exposure; Oligomers; Spray painting; Thermal degradation

Indexed keywords

CAR BODY REPAIR SHOPS; IMPINGERS; ISOCYANATE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL PAINTING; INHALATION EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY PROTECTION;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROUND VEHICLES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; OLIGOMERS; PAINT SPRAYING; PERSONNEL; PYROLYSIS; DEGRADATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; PAINT; PAINTING; RAILROAD CARS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WELDING SHOPS;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; REPAIR;

ISOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OLIGOMER; PAINT;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; PAINT INDUSTRY; PAINTER; PAINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; THERMAL INJURY; WORKER;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AUTOMOBILES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; ISOCYANATES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINT; WORK;

EID: 29444448657     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mei044     Document Type: Article

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