@Article{Nielsen1985, author = "Nielsen, Jorn and Sango, Carsten and Winroth, G. and Hallberg, T. and Skerfving, Staffan", title = "Systemic reactions associated with polyisocyanate exposure.", journal = "Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health", year = "1985", month = "Feb", day = "11", number = "1", pages = "51--54", abstract = "
A spray-painter suffered attacks of chills, fever, general malaise, dyspnea and wheezing, headache, arthralgia, and leucocytosis a few hours after exposure to aerosols of varnishes containing two different polyisocyanates based upon monomers of hexamethylene or toluene diisocyanate. Immunologic studies revealed an increase in the serum immunoglobulin G level, but no specific antibodies against isocyanates conjugated to human serum albumin. The polyisocyanate level in the workroom air was high [a time-weighted average of 4.2 mg/m3, corresponding to 17 mumol NCO (isocyanate groups)/m3], the toluene diisocyanate monomer level being much lower (a time-weighted average of 0.03 mg/m3, corresponding to 0.3 mumol NCO/m3).
", issn = "0355-3140", doi = "10.5271/sjweh.2253", url = "https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=2253", url = "https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.2253" }