Skin exposure to aliphatic polyisocyanates in the auto body repair and refinishing industry: A qualitative assessment

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 429-439

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

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Auto body refinishing; Exposure assessment; Hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI); Isocyanates; PPE; Skin exposure; Surface contamination; Survey of Painters and Repairers of Autobodies by Yale (SPRAY)

Indexed keywords

AUTO BODY REFINISHING; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; HEXAMETHYLENE DIISOCYANATE (HDI); ISOCYANATES; SKIN EXPOSURE; SURFACE CONTAMINATION; SURVEY OF PAINTERS AND REPAIRERS OF AUTOBODIES BY YALE (SPRAY); AUTO BODY; HEXAMETHYLENE DIISOCYANATE; PPE; SURFACE CONTAMINATIONS;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; FINISHING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ORGANIC ACIDS; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; COLOR; COLORIMETRIC ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MIXING; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PAINT; PAINT SPRAYING; REPAIR;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; COLORIMETRY;

ISOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYISOCYANATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COLOR; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SKIN SENSITIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AUTOMOBILES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COLORIMETRY; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; ISOCYANATES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINT; POLYURETHANES; SKIN ABSORPTION;

EID: 34548421005     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mem021     Document Type: Article

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