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Document ID (ISN)28849
CIS number 78-470
Year 1977
Convention or series no.
Author(s) L'Epée P., Lazarini H.J., Doignon J.
Title Acyclic and cyclic hydrocarbons
Original title Hydrocarbures acycliques et cycliques. [in French]
Bibliographic information Encyclopédie médico-chirurgicale. Intoxications - Pathologie professionnelle. Fascicule 16045 A10, 9-1977. 18 rue Séguier, 75006 Paris, France, 1977. 28p.
Abstract Chemical classification of the acyclic and cyclic hydrocarbons; study of the health hazards of exposure to these substances, based on the above classification and on the physical state in which they are usually encountered. The following are studied: petrochemicals; saturated and unsaturated gaseous acyclic hydrocarbons; saturated gaseous cyclic hydrocarbons; liquid and solid hydrocarbons; coal and coal tar hydrocarbons (for each substances: origin, properties, uses, hazards, occupational safety and health aspects, treatment in case of poisoning).
Descriptors (primary) petroleum products; toxicology; hydrocarbons
Descriptors (secondary) coke; cyclopropane; methane; ethane; propane; butane; pentane; hexane; ethylene; propylene; ammonia; cyclobutane; cyclopentene; cyclopentane; cyclopentadiene; cyclohexane; cyclohexene; terpenes; aromatic hydrocarbons; butadiene; acetylene; petroleum hydrocarbons; petroleum; tetrahydronaphthalene; skin diseases; coal tar; heavy fuel oils; lubricating oils; paraffin wax; petroleum refining; medical prevention; medical treatment; heptane; alicyclic hydrocarbons; naphthalene; decahydronaphthalene; anthracenes; aliphatic hydrocarbons; encyclopaedia; poisoning
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Butadiene