Airborne methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) concentrations associated with the application of polyurethane spray foam in residential construction

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-155

  Lesage, Jacques ^a   Stanley, Jennifer ^a   Karoly, William J ^b   Lichtenberg, Fran W ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE ROBERT SAUVÉ EN SANTÉ ET EN SÉCURITÉ DU TRAVAIL   (Canada)

^b Industrial Hygiene Consultant for Huntsman International LLC   (United States)

^c School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Dichlorofluoroethane; HCFC 141b; Methylene bisphenyl isocyanate; Methylenediphenyl diisocyanate; Polymeric MDI; Polyurethane spray foam

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 1 FLUOROETHANE; 1,1-DICHLORO-1-FLUOROETHANE; 4,4' DIPHENYLMETHANE DIISOCYANATE; 4,4'-DIPHENYLMETHANE DIISOCYANATE; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; ISOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYURETHAN; POLYURETHAN FOAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CANADA; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HOUSING; HUMANS; ISOCYANATES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYURETHANES; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847767811     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620601133779     Document Type: Article

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