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ID (ISN) del documento37450
Número CIS 82-748
ISSN - Título de la serie 0025-7818 - Medicina del lavoro
Año 1981
Número de serie
Autor(es) Innocenti A., Franzinelli A., Sartorelli E.
Título Longitudinal study of workers suffering from polyurethane asthma
Título original Studio longitudinale in lavoratori affetti da asma da resine poliuretaniche [en italiano]
Información bibliográfica May-June 1981, Vol.72, No.3, p.231-237. 43 ref.
Resumen In 37 polyurethane production workers with isocyanate asthma, examinations carried out 40 months after exposure had ceased showed that asthmatic symptoms had disappeared in 32 workers but that chronic bronchitis had developed in 6. The progressive impairment of ventilatory function was evaluated by measuring the decrease in forced vital capacity (FVC) and FEV1 after exposure had ceased. Mean annual decreases of 86.3 and 67.7ml, respectively, were observed. Tolylene diisocyanate induces chronic and irreversible lung damage even after exposure is discontinued and impairment of FVC is greater than that of FEV1.
Descriptores (primarios) bronquitis crónica; isocianatos; afectación respiratoria; transformación de materias plásticas; asma
Descriptores (secundarios) poliuretanos; diisocianato de toluileno-2,6; diisocianato de toluileno-2,4; efectos tardíos; volumen espiratorio máximo por segundo; observación de larga duración; débito espiratorio forzado
Tipo de documento D - Artículos periódicos
Tema(s) Patología profesional
Broad subject area(s)
Navegación por categoria(s) Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Isocyanates
Cyano compounds