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Document ID (ISN)44830
CIS number 85-1692
ISSN - Serial title 0049-8610 - Zeitschrift für die gesamte Hygiene und ihre Grenzgebiete
Year 1984
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Reichelt H.
Title Toxicity and mode of action of practically important fluorocarbons - Prophylaxis and therapy of intoxications
Original title Toxizität und Wirkungsweise praktisch bedeutsamer Fluorcarbone - Prophylaxe und Therapie von Intoxikationen [in German]
Bibliographic information 1984, Vol.30, No.4, p.204-208. 34 ref.
Abstract Review of the toxicity and effects on the body of industrially important fluorinated hydrocarbons: monofluorocarbons (inhibitors of the enzyme aconitase); benzenoid and saturated aliphatic poly- and perfluorocarbons (anaesthetic, narcotic and convulsant effects); unsaturated poly- and perfluorocarbons (capillary wall poisons). The most important toxicological data on representative compounds of these 3 groups are tabulated and their pathological mechanisms are described. A table of current exposure limits in the German Democratic Republic is included.
Descriptors (primary) toxic effects; toxicology; fluorinated hydrocarbons
Descriptors (secondary) literature survey; threshold limit values; medical treatment; German Democratic Republic; inhalation; metabolic process
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Halogenated hydrocarbons
Fluorocarbons