| Document ID (ISN) | 67885 |
| CIS number |
96-2095 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0025-7818 - Medicina del lavoro |
| Year |
1995 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Mastrangelo G., Paruzzolo P., Mapp C. |
| Title |
Asthma due to isocyanates: A mail survey in a 1% sample of furniture workers in the Veneto Region, Italy |
| Bibliographic information |
Nov.-Dec. 1995, Vol.86, No.6, p.503-510. 14 ref. |
| Abstract |
A cross-sectional survey was performed by means of a questionnaire mailed to a sample of 1430 workers in the wooden furniture industry in northern Italy, which uses large quantities of isocyanate paints. The aim was to ascertain the prevalence of isocyanate-induced asthma in the work place. Completed questionnaires represented about 1% of the total number (70,000) of these workers in the region under consideration (Veneto). A significantly higher asthma prevalence with increasing duration of exposure to isocyanates was observed in the workers (ranging from 2.2% in workers with 11-20 years of exposure to 27.3% in those with over 20 years of exposure). Other factors such as smoking habits and the lower prevalence of asthma observed in larger enterprises are also discussed. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
isocyanates; furniture industry; asthma |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
Italy; cross-sectional study; questionnaire survey; occupation disease relation |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Italy |
| Subject(s) |
Woodworking industry
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Lumber and the woodworking industry
Woodworking industry
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Isocyanates
Cyano compounds
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