2022
Assessment of personal inhalation and skin exposures to polymeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate during polyurethane fabric coating
Harari H, Bello D, Woskie S, Redlich CA. Assessment of personal inhalation and skin exposures to polymeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate during polyurethane fabric coating. Toxicology And Industrial Health 2022, 38: 622-635. PMID: 35694796, DOI: 10.1177/07482337221107243.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSkin exposurePersonal inhalationOccupational asthmaHypersensitivity pneumonitisContact dermatitisInitial sensitizationWork exposureArea air samplesInhalation exposureOccupational limitsLiquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometryHealth effects studiesHealth effectsPersonal airborne samplesGeometric meanChromatography-tandem mass spectrometryExposure characterizationInhalationExposureFuture studiesGreater exposureAirborne levelsSubstantial variabilityProtective measuresGeometric standard deviation
2006
An FTIR investigation of isocyanate skin absorption using in vitro guinea pig skin
Bello D, Smith TJ, Woskie SR, Streicher RP, Boeniger MF, Redlich CA, Liu Y. An FTIR investigation of isocyanate skin absorption using in vitro guinea pig skin. Environmental Science Processes & Impacts 2006, 8: 523-529. PMID: 16688353, DOI: 10.1039/b517948c.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMethylenediphenyl diisocyanateIsocyanate groupsTotal reflectance Fourier transformReflectance Fourier transformHexamethylene diisocyanate isocyanurateTotal isocyanate groupFTIR investigationAromatic isocyanatesGuinea pig skinChemical groupsIsocyanatesUnreacted speciesSmall compoundsUnreacted compoundsDermal exposureEthyl acetateIsocyanurateHairless guinea pig skinPig skinCompoundsSkin surfaceContact dermatitisDecontamination strategiesResidence timeSkin absorption