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Document ID (ISN)29115
CIS number 78-735
ISSN - Serial title Gigiena truda i professional'nye zabolevanija
Year 1977
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Agaev F.B.
Title Experimental determination of maximum admissible concentration of benzonitrile in the workplace air
Original title Ėksperimental'noe obosnovanie predel'no dopustimoj koncentracii benzonitrila dlja vozduha rabočej zony [in Russian]
Bibliographic information June 1977, No.6, p.34-37. 11 ref.
Abstract Results of studies in several animal species of the acute (lethal concentration and dose) and chronic toxicity of benzonitrile, which produces symptoms similar to those of benzene poisoning (functional changes of the nervous system, liver and kidneys, morphological peripheral blood changes). The acute poisoning hazard is negligible. There is a high risk of poisoning by chronic inhalation, with a danger threshold of 10mg/m3. An exposure limit of 1mg/m3 is recommended.
Descriptors (primary) threshold limit values; USSR; benzonitrile; organic solvents; toxicology
Descriptors (secondary) neurotoxic effects; chemical industry; hepatotoxic effects; nephrotoxic effects; determination of exposure limits; haematotoxic effects; animal experiments
Document type -
Subject(s) Toxic and dangerous substances
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Cyano compounds
Occupational exposure limits