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Document ID (ISN)27382
CIS number 77-1068
Year 1976
Convention or series no.
Author(s)
Guidance Note, Environmental Hygiene/8, Health and Safety Executive, London.
Title Arsenic - Health and safety precautions.
Bibliographic information H.M. Stationery Office, P.O. Box 569, London SE1 9NH, United Kingdom, 1976. 4p.
Abstract This guidance note deals with arsenic and its compounds excluding arsine. Threshold limit values; industrial uses; occurrence; acute and chronic poisonous effects; preventive measures (control, personal protection, first aid, medical supervision); and legal requirements are discussed.
Descriptors (primary) arsenic and compounds; United Kingdom
Descriptors (secondary) threshold limit values; acute toxicity; arsenic; personal protective equipment; directive; legislation; medical supervision; replaced; uses; chronic toxicity
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Subject(s) Toxic and dangerous substances
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Arsenic and compounds
Inorganic substances