| Document ID (ISN) | 35790 |
| CIS number |
81-1089 |
| Year |
1980 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Durand G., Linglin P. |
| Title |
Isocyanates and respiratory function - Use of respiratory function tests with a "vitalograph" apparatus in occupational medicine |
| Original title |
Isocyanates et fonction respiratoire - Apports du vitalograph en médecine du travail [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
Université scientifique et médicale de Grenoble, Domaine de la Merci, La Tronche, France, 1980. 75p. Illus. 40 ref. |
| Abstract |
MD thesis. General considerations on isocyanates (properties, industrial uses, poisoning symptoms, mode of toxicity, TLVs). Report on an investigation in 25 workers employed in a plant using diphenylmethane diisocyanate to protect a rigid polyurethane foam used in the manufacture of skis. The major part of the thesis is devoted to a presentation and detailed analysis of the results of spirometric tests with a "vitalograph" (technical data on this apparatus are given); VC, FEV1, mean mid-expiratory flow rate. Out of 20 subjects whose spirometric tracings could be used, 6 showed a significant reduction in one or more parameters during the daily hours of work. The influence of smoking is considered, and the limitations of the results obtained are emphasised. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
isocyanates; plastics industry; functional respiratory disorders; expanded plastics |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
description of equipment; polyurethanes; diphenylmethane diisocyanate; respiratory function tests; smoking; thesis; France |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Chemical industry
Plastics industry
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Isocyanates
Cyano compounds
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