Isocyanate exposure and asthma in the UK vehicle repair industry

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 713-718

  Stocks, S J ^a   Jones, K ^b   Piney, M ^c   Agius, R M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; HDI; Hexamethylene diisocyanate; Isocyanate exposure; Motor vehicle repair; Occupational asthma; Trends; Two pack spray paints; Work related asthma

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; ISOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PAINT;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; ASTHMA, OCCUPATIONAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASTHMA, OCCUPATIONAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; ISOCYANATES; MOTOR VEHICLES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINT; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84949949965     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqv108     Document Type: Article

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