Asthma induced by exposure to spray polyurethane foam insulation in a residential home

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 272-273

  Tsuang, Wayne ^a   Huang, Yuh Chin T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; POLYURETHAN FOAM; STEROID;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NAUSEA; ODOR; RESIDENTIAL HOME; STEROID THERAPY;

ADULT; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; ISOCYANATES; MALE; POLYURETHANES;

EID: 84859770345     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31824d2da1     Document Type: Letter

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