Respiratory protection from isocyanate exposure in the autobody repair and refinishing industry

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 234-249

  Liu, Youcheng ^a   Stowe, Meredith H ^a   Bello, Dhimiter ^b   Woskie, Susan R ^b   Sparer, Judy ^a   Gore, Rebecca ^b   Youngs, Fred ^b   Cullen, Mark R ^a   Redlich, Carrie A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aliphatic polyisocyanates; Hexamethylene diisocyanates (HDI); Quantitative fit test; Respiratory protection; Survey of painters and repairers of auto bodies by Yale (SPRAY); Workplace protection factor

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC COMPOUND; ISOCYANATE; PAINT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FILTER; GEOMETRY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEGATIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PAINTER; PAINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; VAPOR; VENTILATOR; WASTE GAS MANAGEMENT; WORKER; WORKPLACE; WRITING;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AUTOMOBILES; CONNECTICUT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; ISOCYANATES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINT; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 33645562358     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620600628704     Document Type: Article

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