Dermal, inhalation, and internal exposure to 1,6-HDI and its oligomers in car body repair shop workers and industrial spray painters

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 624-631

  Pronk, A ^a,b   Yu, F ^c   Vlaanderen, J ^b   Tielemans, E ^a   Preller, L ^a   Bobeldijk, I ^a   Deddens, J A ^d   Latza, U ^c   Baur, X ^c   Heederik, D ^a,b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,6 HEXAMETHYLENE DIAMINE; BUTYLAMINE; DIAMINE DERIVATIVE; DIBUTYLAMINE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PAINTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; URINALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AUTOMOBILES; CYANATES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINT;

EID: 33748487600     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2005.023226     Document Type: Article

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