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Document ID (ISN)48624
CIS number 87-1405
Year 1986
Convention or series no.
Title Medical monitoring of workers exposed to ethylene oxide
Bibliographic information Alberta Community and Occupational Health, Medical Services Branch, 10709 Jasper Ave., Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3N3, Canada, Oct. 1986. 6p. 12 ref.
Abstract This guideline for the prevention of adverse effects includes: background on the compound; entry, metabolism, and excretion; health effects (acute and chronic exposure); neoplastic, teratogenic and mutagenic effects; medical monitoring.
Descriptors (primary) carcinogens; Canada; Alberta; medical examinations; toxic substances; medical prevention; ethylene oxide
Descriptors (secondary) mutagenic effects; routes of entry; metabolic process; excretion; neoplasms; long-term exposure; teratogenic effects; biological effects; short-term exposure
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Subject(s) Toxic and dangerous substances
Broad subject area(s) Chemical safety
Browse category(ies) Ethylene oxide
Genetic factors in reaction to exposures
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