Document ID (ISN) | 51621 |
CIS number |
89-934 |
ISBN(s) |
92-4-154281-0 |
Year |
1988 |
Convention or series no. |
Environmental Health Criteria 81
|
Title |
Vanadium |
Bibliographic information |
World Health Organization, Distribution and Sales Service, 1211 Genève 27, Switzerland, 1988. 170p. Illus. Bibl. Price: CHF 19.00. |
Abstract |
Conclusions of this evaluation: (1) there is no convincing evidence that vanadium is an essential element for man; (2) there is a dose-response relationship between the concentration of vanadium in air and its irritant effects (rhinitis, bronchitis, eczematous dermatitis); (3) vanadium may be embryotoxic and gonadotoxic. |
Descriptors (primary) |
chemical industry; WHO; thermal power stations; mining industry; metalworking industry; vanadium; toxicity evaluation |
Descriptors (secondary) |
literature survey; antifertility effects; irritants; ILO; criteria document; dermatitis; hazard evaluation; genetic effects; vanadium pentoxide; UNEP |
Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
Subject(s) |
Toxic and dangerous substances
|
Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
Browse category(ies) |
Genetic factors in reaction to exposures Inorganic substances Metalworking industry Power generation and distribution Chemical industry Mining and quarrying
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