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Document ID (ISN)42434
CIS number 84-1388
ISSN - Serial title 0096-1736 - Journal of Occupational Medicine
Year 1984
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Baur X., Dewair M., Römmelt H.
Title Acute airway obstruction followed by hypersensitivity pneumonitis in an isocyanate (MDI) worker
Bibliographic information Apr. 1984, Vol.24, No.4, p.285-287. Illus. 11 ref.
Abstract Case study of a man who had developed an acute asthmatic reaction followed by hypersensitivity pneumonitis after occupational exposure to diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI), used in the manufacture of polyurethane foam. Challenge testing by MDI and the detection of specific IgG antibodies to various isocyanate-human serum albumin conjugates suggest immunological cross-reactivity between different isocyanates.
Descriptors (primary) diphenylmethane diisocyanate; allergic asthma; extrinsic allergic alveolitis
Descriptors (secondary) case study; isocyanates; serological reactions; allergic respiratory disorders; allergy tests
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Pneumoconioses
Isocyanates
Cyano compounds
Allergies