AN OUTBREAK OF NAPHTHALENE DI-ISOCYANATE-INDUCED ASTHMA IN A PLASTICSFACTORY

Authors
FUORTES LJ KIKEN S MAKOWSKY M
Citation
Lj. Fuortes et al., AN OUTBREAK OF NAPHTHALENE DI-ISOCYANATE-INDUCED ASTHMA IN A PLASTICSFACTORY, Archives of environmental health, 50(5), 1995, pp. 337-340
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath","Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Archives of environmental health → ACNP
ISSN journal
00039896
Volume
50
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
337 - 340
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9896(1995)50:5<337:AOONDA>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Seven cases of possible naphthalene di-isocyanate-related occupational asthma occurred in 1987 and 1988. These cases were reported to the Na tional 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, i ncluding a medical screening of workers, to detect additional cases; a nd (b) an industrial-hygiene survey to determine the level of exposure to isocyanates.