title: [Asthma due to isocyanates in a theoretically non-exposed worker].
abstract: We report a case of isocyanate induced asthma in a patient who had been previously exposed to isocyanate and had become a porter in a factory producing polyurethene foam. The test for exposure to TDI was positive. The recognition of occupational asthma was nevertheless challenged and the patient was not considered to be carrying out work involving exposure to the inhalation of isocyanates. The effect of a change of job in the development of occupational asthma, and the risk of asthma induced by isocyanates despite inhaled concentrations inferior to the VME, the difficulty of obtaining a recognition of occupational asthma when the working conditions fulfilled do not exactly correspond to those labelled in the schedule for occupational diseases, are discussed in this paper.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pneumologie, Pavillon Laennec, CHRU Strasbourg.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Kopferschmitt-Kubler
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Bessot
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Charles
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blaumeiser-Kapps
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pauli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000139:chemically induced*; D003485:Cyanates / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D012307:Risk Factors; D014942:Workers' Compensation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence
chemical_list: D003485:Cyanates
vernacular_title: Asthme aux isocyanates à un poste théoriquement non exposé.