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Document ID (ISN)34443
CIS number 80-1920
ISBN(s) 92-4-154068-0
Year 1979
Convention or series no. Critères d'hygiène de l'environnement 8 Environmental Health Criteria 8
Title Sulfur oxides and suspended particulate matter.
Bibliographic information World Health Organization, 1221 Genève 27, Switzerland, 1979. 107p. 280 ref. Price: SF.10.00.
Abstract Chapters are devoted to: chemistry and analytical methods; sources of sulfur oxides and particulate matter; environmental concentrations and exposures; absorption, distribution, and elimination; effects on experimental animals; effects on man (including a brief section on industrial exposure); evaluation of health risks from exposure. Recommendations for further research. A French version may be obtained from: World Health Organisation, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
Descriptors (primary) WHO; toxicology; sulfur and compounds; environmental pollution; respirable dust
Descriptors (secondary) metabolic process; exposure evaluation; animal experiments; sulfur; sulfur trioxide; translation; sulfates; biological effects; sampling and analysis; sulfur dioxide; sulfuric acid
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Toxic and dangerous substances
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Inorganic substances
Environmental pollution
Inorganic sulfur compounds