| Document ID (ISN) | 108222 |
| CIS number |
08-510 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1877-7856 - Encyclopédie médico-chirurgicale |
| Year |
2007 |
| Convention or series no. |
Fascicule 16002 C 40, 1-2007
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| Author(s) |
Hoet P. |
| Title |
Chromium and compounds |
| Original title |
Chrome et composés [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
Toxicologie-Pathologie professionnelle, 1st Quarter 2007, No.154, 11p. 61 ref. |
| Abstract |
This review article on chromium (Cr) and its compounds covers the following aspects: oxidation states, their stability and occurrence in the environment; uses (alloys, refractory materials, cement, pigments); toxicokinetics; low toxicity of Cr(III) and toxicity of Cr(VI) (skin irritation and allergies, nasal septum ulceration and perforation, and lung cancer in cases of prolonged inhalation exposure, renal tubular necrosis). |
| Descriptors (primary) |
occupational diseases; France; chromium; risk factors; chromium and compounds; toxicology |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
refractories; ulceration of the nasal mucosa; chemical industry; acute toxicity; routes of entry; perforation of the nasal septum; nasal cancer; epidemiology; pigments; alloys; renal damage; stainless steel; lung cancer; eczema; necrosis; cement; chronic toxicity; encyclopaedia; data sheet; literature survey |
| Document type |
B - Chemical safety information sheets |
| Country / State or Province | France |
| Subject(s) |
Toxic and dangerous substances
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Inorganic substances
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