Experimental PVC material challenge in subjects with occupational PVC exposure.

BACKGROUND: Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) materials have been linked to asthma in several epidemiologic studies, but the possible causal factors remain unknown. PARTICIPANTS: We challenged 10 subjects experimentally to degraded PVC products under controlled conditions. All of the subjects had previously...

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Published in:Environmental Health Perspectives Vol. 114; no. 9; pp. 1409 - 1414
Main Authors: Tuomainen A, Stark H, Seuri M, Hirvonen M, Linnainmaa M, Sieppi A, Tukiainen H
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Sep2006
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