Dermal and inhalation exposure to methylene bisphenyl isocyanate (MDI) in iron foundry workers

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-40

  Liljelind, I ^a   Norberg, C ^b,c   Egelrud, L ^d   Westberg, H ^b,c   Eriksson, K ^e   Nylander French, L A ^f  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermal; Diisocyanate; Exposure; Foundry workers; Inhalation; Methylene bisphenyl isocyanate (MDI)

Indexed keywords

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; AIR LEVEL; BISPHENYL; CURING AGENTS; DERMAL; DERMAL EXPOSURE; DIISOCYANATES; FOUNDRY INDUSTRIES; IMPREGNATED FILTERS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS; PAIR-WISE COMPARISON; POLYURETHANE FOAM; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; REACTIVE AGENT; RIGHT AND LEFT;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; FOUNDRY PRACTICE; IRON RESEARCH;

WOOD PRODUCTS;

4,4' DIPHENYLMETHANE DIISOCYANATE; 4,4'-DIPHENYLMETHANE DIISOCYANATE; ALLERGEN; IRON; ISOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; METALLURGY; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALLERGENS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; IRON; ISOCYANATES; LIMIT OF DETECTION; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION;

EID: 77249123133     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mep067     Document Type: Article

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