| Document ID (ISN) | 75343 |
| CIS number |
00-1056 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0025-7818 - Medicina del lavoro |
| Year |
1999 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Cipolla C., Belisario A., Sassi C., Auletti G., Nobile M., Raffi G.B. |
| Title |
Occupational asthma due to dioctyl phthalate in a bottle capsule production worker |
| Original title |
Asma occupazionale da dioctil-ftalato in una addetta alla produzione di tappi per bottiglia [in Italian] |
| Bibliographic information |
May-June 1999, Vol.90, No.3, p.513-518. Illus. 20 ref. |
| Abstract |
A case of occupational asthma caused by dioctyl phthalate, an agent that does not commonly induce asthma, in a worker close to equipment for the preparation and baking of sealant-lined bottle capsule is described. Clinical history, environmental monitoring and pulmonary function tests (bronchodilatation with salbutamol, ventilatory capacity) data, and work interruptions were analysed. A good correlation between work and the worker's asthma was found. Lack of ventilation during conveyor belt and oven malfunction produced excessive exposure. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
dioctyl phthalate; plasticizers; asthma |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
case study; respiratory function tests; occupation disease relation; bronchodilators |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Italy |
| Subject(s) |
Toxic and dangerous substances
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Phthalates
Esters and salts
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