Document ID (ISN) | 45336 |
CIS number |
86-152 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0007-1072 - British Journal of Industrial Medicine |
Year |
1985 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Venables K.M., Dally M.B., Burge P.S., Pickering C.A.C., Taylor A.J.N. |
Title |
Occupational asthma in a steel coating plant |
Bibliographic information |
Aug. 1985, Vol.42, No.8, p.517-524. Illus. 5 ref. |
Abstract |
This is a report on the epidemiological investigation that lead to the identification of toluene diisocyanate (TDI) as the agent responsible for occupational asthma affecting 21 workers in a steel coating plant. The symptoms developed after a supplier had modified the coating, thereby allowing the liberation of TDI during the process. Removing TDI from the process led to the elimination or reduction of the symptoms in 17 of the workers. |
Descriptors (primary) |
tolylene diisocyanate; metal coating; allergic asthma |
Descriptors (secondary) |
toluene; report on investigation; epidemiologic study; asthma |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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Broad subject area(s) |
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Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar) Allergies Isocyanates Cyano compounds Surface treatment
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