Trends in pulmonary function and prevalence of asthma in hexamethylene diisocyanate workers during a 19-year period

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 988-994

  Cassidy, Laura D ^a   Molenaar, Donald M ^c,d   Hathaway, James A ^e   Feeley, Timothy M ^f   Cummings, Barbara J ^f   Simpson, Pippa ^b   Li, Shun Hwa ^b  

^a Children's Corporate Center   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c BAYER CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Rhodia North America   (United States)

^f Formerly Baver Material Science AG   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLENE DIISOCYANATE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY;

EID: 77958008500     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181f2e086     Document Type: Article

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