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Case Reports
. 1981 Jun;79(6):706-7.
doi: 10.1378/chest.79.6.706.

Asthma induced by dust from urea-formaldehyde foam insulating material

E Frigas, W V Filley, C E Reed
Case Reports

Asthma induced by dust from urea-formaldehyde foam insulating material

E Frigas et al. Chest. 1981 Jun.

Abstract

A patient developed severe asthma following insulation of her house with urea-formaldehyde foam. Bronchial challenge with the buoyant dust of the foam caused an asthmatic attack; inhalation of formaldehyde, 3 ppm, did not.

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