Visits to physicians before and after exposure to urea formaldehyde foam insulation.

Abstract:

:The average number of visits to a physician made by a sample of 351 residents of homes insulated with urea formaldehyde foam insulation in Montreal in the one year period before exposure was 5.25, and in the year following 5.62, an increase of 7 per cent (odds ratio 1.07, 95% CI = 1.00, 1.15). The increase in visits in the post insulation year was limited to subjects who had the product installed in the winter (OR = 1.48, 95% CI = 1.18,1.85), and was not seen for study subjects who insulated their homes during other seasons of the year.

journal_name

Am J Public Health

authors

L'Abbé KA,Hoey JR,Hanley J,Wacholder S,Nantel A

doi

10.2105/ajph.78.11.1489

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1988-11-01 00:00:00

pages

1489-91

issue

11

eissn

0090-0036

issn

1541-0048

journal_volume

78

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