| Document ID (ISN) | 66810 |
| CIS number |
96-923 |
| Year |
1996 |
| Convention or series no. |
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No.96-111
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| Title |
NIOSH Alert - Request for assistance in preventing asthma and death from diisocyanate exposure |
| Bibliographic information |
Publications Dissemination, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA, Mar. 1996. 13p. 33 ref. |
| Abstract |
This data sheet describes the health effects of diisocyanates (irritation, sensitization and asthma, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, cancer) and current exposure limits. Seven case reports of disease and death following occupational exposure to diisocyanates are presented. Recommendations to reduce worker exposure include product substitution, closed systems and ventilation, worker isolation, protective clothing and equipment, respiratory protection, worker and employer education, and exposure monitoring. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
USA; health engineering; asthma; isocyanates |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
irritants; carcinogens; data sheet; sensitizers; respirators; extrinsic allergic alveolitis |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Toxic and dangerous substances
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
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| Browse category(ies) |
Cyano compounds
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Isocyanates
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