Respiratory symptoms associated with the use of azodicarbonamide foaming agent in a plastics injection molding facility
作者:
Lawrence W. Whitehead,
Thomas G. Robins,
Lawrence J. Fine,
Doan J. Hansen,
期刊:
American Journal of Industrial Medicine
(WILEY Available online 1987)
卷期:
Volume 11,
issue 1
页码: 83-92
ISSN:0271-3586
年代: 1987
DOI:10.1002/ajim.4700110109
出版商: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
关键词: injection molding;foaming agent;respiratory status;azodicarbonamide;pulmonary function
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractRespiratory health variables were studied cross‐sectionally in 227 employees of a plastics molding facility where numerous complaints had been apparently associated with the use of azodicarbonamide foaming agent in injection molding. Pre‐ and postshift respiratory status measures and azodicarbonamide concentrations were also obtained for 17 employees. Cross‐sectional pulmonary function differences by injection molding status were not observed. Modest decrements in pulmonary function measures were observed between start and end of shift but with no dose‐effect relationship. A strong association was observed for injection molding workers for eye/nose/throat irritation, cough, and wheezing. Additionally, wheezing, chest tightness, and symptoms of chronic bronchitis were strongly associated with work in injection molding during periods in which azodicarbonamide was in use. These results suggest respiratory symptom causation by some combination of azodicarbonamide itself, reaction products of azodicarbonamide formed during injection molding, or other unidentified agents uniquely associated with the process of injection molding with azodicarbonamide foamin
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