Document ID (ISN) | 54129 |
CIS number |
90-1158 |
ISBN(s) |
84-505-8519-8 |
Year |
1989 |
Convention or series no. |
Documentos Técnicos 54/89
|
Author(s) |
Alomar Serrallach G. Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social |
Title |
Hazards and pathology of isocyanates |
Original title |
Riesgos y patología por isocianatos [in Spanish] |
Bibliographic information |
Instituto Nacional de Seguridad e Higiene en el Trabajo, Torrelaguna 73, 28027 Madrid, Spain, Mar. 1989. 166p. 223 ref. |
Abstract |
Contents of this manual and technical information note: industrial uses of isocyanates; major intoxication cases; survey of legislation in EEC countries; cases of intoxication in the Catalonia region of Spain; mechanism of toxic action (irritation, sensitisation, effects at intermediate exposure levels, carcinogenic effects); guidelines for prevention and therapy (acute and chronic exposure, disabilities due to exposure to isocyanates, suggestions for improvements in Spanish legislation). |
Descriptors (primary) |
Spain; training material; toxicology; isocyanates |
Descriptors (secondary) |
acute poisoning; tolylene diisocyanate; sensitization; carcinogenic effects; legislation; chronic poisoning |
Document type |
C - Training manuals, audiovisual material |
Subject(s) |
Toxic and dangerous substances
|
Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
Browse category(ies) |
OSH training Isocyanates Cyano compounds
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