Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals (eBook)

Volume 15

Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels, Committee on Toxicology, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council (Autoren)

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2013
294 Seiten
National Academies Press (Verlag)
978-0-309-29125-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals, Volume 15 identifies, reviews, and interprets relevant toxicologic and other scientific data for ethyl mercaptan, methyl mercaptan, phenyl mercaptan, tert-octyl mercaptan, lewisite, methyl isothiocyanate, and selected monoisocyanates in order to develop acute exposure guideline levels (AEGLs) for these high-priority, acutely toxic chemicals.AEGLs represent threshold exposure limits (exposure levels below which adverse health effects are not likely to occur) for the general public and are applicable to emergency exposures ranging from 10 minutes (min) to 8 h. Three levelAEGL-1, AEGL-2, and AEGL-3are developed for each of five exposure periods (10 min, 30 min, 1 h, 4 h, and 8 h) and are distinguished by varying degrees of severity of toxic effects. This report will inform planning, response, and prevention in the community, the workplace, transportation, the military, and the remediation of Superfund sites.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.9.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe
• Themenwelt: Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Pharmakologie / Toxikologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• ISBN-10: 0-309-29125-9 / 0309291259
• ISBN-13: 978-0-309-29125-5 / 9780309291255