Reference

Butcher BT, Jones RN, O'Neil CE, Glindmeyer HW, Diem JE, Dharmarajan V, Weill H, Salvaggio JE, Longitudinal study of workers employed in the manufacture of toluene di-isocyanate, Am Rev Respir Dis, 1977;116:411-421,

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Workers at a toluene-di-isocyanate (TDI) manufacturing plant were studied longitudinally to determine the effects of the chemical on their health. Workers reporting increased lower respiratory symptoms were from the non-smoker group. Immunologic studies showed development of positive skin test to a TDI-human serum albumin conjugate by some persons and an increasing incidence of TDI-specific IgE antibodies as measured by a RAST test. However, there was no correlation between positive TDI inhalation challenge and total IgE concentration or atopic status.

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