Isocyanate exposures in autobody shop work: The SPRAY study

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 570-581

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

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autobody shop; Isocyanate; Occupational exposures; Small industry

Indexed keywords

BIURET; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; HEXAMETHYLENE DIISOCYANATE; ISOCYANATE; LATEX; LEAD; METHYLENE BISPHENYL DIISOCYANATE; NITRILE; NYLON; POLYAMIDE; POLYAMINE; POLYESTER; POLYMER; SOLVENT; STYRENE; TOLUENE DIISOCYANATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; CLEANING; GLOVE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PAINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VENTILATOR; WELDING;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CONNECTICUT; DATA COLLECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; ISOCYANATES; MOTOR VEHICLES; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINT; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 4444221839     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620490485909     Document Type: Article

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