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Document ID (ISN)26009
CIS number 76-1893
ISBN(s) 0-309-02441-2
Year 1976
Convention or series no.
Title Vapor-phase organic pollutants - Volatile hydrocarbons and oxidation products.
Bibliographic information National Academy of Sciences, 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20418, USA, 1976. 411p. Illus. 1,364 ref.
Abstract This report, mainly on environmental pollution, contains chapters on metabolism and biological effects of vapour-phase organic compounds in mammals and an epidemiologic appraisal of human effects. An appendix covers toxicity data on occupational exposure to selected substances in addition to sampling and analytical techniques.
Descriptors (primary) organic compounds; aromatic hydrocarbons; aliphatic hydrocarbons; atmospheric pollution; gases
Descriptors (secondary) toxic effects; literature survey; USA; report; metabolic process; oxidation; epidemiologic study; animal experiments; biological effects; sampling and analysis; chemical reactions
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Toxic and dangerous substances
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Aliphatic and alicyclic hydrocarbons
Environmental pollution
Air pollution
Aromatic hydrocarbons