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Document ID (ISN)24368
CIS number 76-174
ISSN - Serial title 0016-9900 - Gigiena i sanitarija
Year 1974
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Timofeevskaja L.A., Aldyreva M.V., Kazbekov I.M.
Title Experimental studies on the effect of phthalate plasticisers on the organism
Original title Ėksperimental'nye issledovanija vlijanija gruppy ftalatnyh plastifikatorov na organizm [in Russian]
Bibliographic information Dec. 1974, No.12, p.26-28. 3 ref.
Abstract Results of animal experiments done to compare the toxic effects of dimethyl phthalate (DMP), diethyl phthalate (DEP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP), dioctyl phthalate (DOP), dinonyl phthalate (DNP), didodecyl phthalate (DDP) and butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP) after ingestion, inhalation, and application on the skin and conjunctiva. These phthalates are very harmful after long exposure. Provisional threshold limit values are suggested: 0.5mg/m3 for mixtures of vapours or aerosols of DEP, DOP, DNP, DDP and BBP, and of 0.2mg/m3 for DMP.
Descriptors (primary) phthalates; plasticizers; toxicology
Descriptors (secondary) threshold limit values; dioctyl phthalate; dinonyl phthalate; didodecyl phthalate; benzyl butyl phthalate; diethyl phthalate; dibutyl phthalate; animal experiments; dimethyl phthalate
Document type -
Subject(s) Toxic and dangerous substances
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Phthalates
Esters and salts