Occupational Asthma Reference

Fuortes LJ, Kiken S, Makowsky M, An outbreak of naphthalene di-isocyanate-induced asthma in a plastics factory, Arch Environ Health, 1995;50:337-340,

Keywords: USA, NDI, oa, isocyanate

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Abstract

Seven cases of possible naphthalene di-isocyanate-related occupational asthma occurred in 1987 and 1988. These cases were reported to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health by personnel at a Midwest factory that manufactured plastic wheels for fork-lift trucks. The reporting of cases prompted (a) an evaluation of the workplace, including a medical screening of workers, to detect additional cases; and (b) an industrial-hygiene survey to determine the level of exposure to isocyanates

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