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Document ID (ISN)43487
CIS number 85-417
ISBN(s) 91-7464-206-5
Year 1984
Convention or series no. Arbete och hälsa 1984:13
Author(s) Brusewitz S., Wennberg A.
Title Criteria document for setting exposure limits for butanol and butyl acetate
Original title Kriteriedokument för gränsvärden - Butanol och butylacetat [in Swedish]
Bibliographic information Arbetarskyddsstyrelsen, Publikationsservice, 171 84 Solna, Sweden, 1984. 45p. 60 ref.
Abstract Contents of this critical literature survey: uses; activities involving exposure to the title substances; toxicology (metabolic models of butanol isomers and butyl acetate, toxicological mechanisms, effects on various organs (in particular the central nervous system), reproductive effects); allergy; genotoxic effects; carcinogenic effects; exposure indicators; dose-effect relations; definitions.
Descriptors (primary) threshold limit values; butyl acetate; toxicology; butyl alcohol; butanols
Descriptors (secondary) neurotoxic effects; literature survey; isobutyl alcohol; sec-butyl alcohol; tert-butyl alcohol; metabolic process
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Toxic and dangerous substances
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Alcohols
Occupational exposure limits
Esters and salts