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3392370

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-8-18
pubmed:abstractText
A cross-sectional evaluation was performed of workers in a steel foundry in which methylene diphenyldiisocyanate (MDI) was used as a component of a binder system used to make cores and molds. Preshift and postshift spirometry and clinical evaluations were performed on 26 currently exposed (group I), on six formerly exposed (group II), and on 14 nonexposed workers to MDI (group III). Serum samples were assayed for total antibody binding, specific IgG by ELISA, and specific IgE by the RAST method to MDI-human serum albumin (HSA). Symptoms compatible with occupational asthma were elicited from seven (27%) of 26 group I workers and from three of six group II workers. No symptoms were reported by group III workers. Intrashift change in FEV1 (a mean decrease of 0.049 L) in group I workers was significantly decreased compared to that in unexposed group III workers (a mean increase of 65 ml; p = 0.043). Specific IgG and total antibody responses to MDI-HSA were detected only in workers with current or former exposure to MDI. Only one worker was identified with IgE-mediated occupational asthma exhibiting a positive prick test and elevated RAST to MDI-HSA of 25.5% bound. In this occupational setting, polyclonal immune responses to MDI-HSA and clinical sensitization to MDI were demonstrated to occur.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0091-6749
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
82
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
55-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Pulmonary and immunologic evaluation of foundry workers exposed to methylene diphenyldiisocyanate (MDI).
pubmed:affiliation
Health Studies Service, Ministry of Labor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.