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

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-124

  Bello, Dhimiter ^a   Redlich, Carrie A ^b   Stowe, Meredith H ^b   Sparer, Judy ^b   Woskie, Susan R ^a   Streicher, Robert P ^c   Hosgood, H Dean ^b   Liu, Youcheng ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Auto body refinishing; Dermal exposure assessment; Gloves; Isocyanates; PPE; Skin exposure; SPRAY

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GLYCOLS; MIXING; NONVOLATILE STORAGE; PAINT; PAINT SPRAYING; PAINTING; STANDARDS;

AUTO BODY REFINISHING; AUTO-BODY; DERMAL EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; GEOMETRIC MEAN; GEOMETRIC STANDARD DEVIATION; GLOVES; HEXAMETHYLENE DIISOCYANATE; ISOCYANATE GROUPS; ISOCYANATES; ISOPHORONE DIISOCYANATE; POLYISOCYANATES; POLYPROPYLENE GLYCOL; PPE; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; QUANTITATIVE METHODS; SKIN EXPOSURE; SPRAY;

SKIN;

ALIPHATIC COMPOUND; GLYCOL; ISOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYPROPYLENE; PAINT; POLYURETHAN;

ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; FACE; FOREARM; HAND; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINT INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN PROTECTION; AIR POLLUTANT; CAR; DANGEROUS GOODS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN ABSORPTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AUTOMOBILES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; ISOCYANATES; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINT; POLYURETHANES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN ABSORPTION;

EID: 44949264224     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mem066     Document Type: Article

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