| Document ID (ISN) | 68522 |
| CIS number |
97-236 |
| ISBN(s) |
3-8267-1089-4 |
| Year |
1996 |
| Convention or series no. |
Deutsche Hochschulschriften 1089
|
| Author(s) |
Hallier E. |
| Title |
Occupational medicine studies of the problems caused by fumigation with methyl bromide |
| Original title |
Arbeitsmedizinische Untersuchungen zur Problematik der Durchführung von Begasungen mit Methylbromid [in German] |
| Bibliographic information |
Verlag Dr. Markus Hänsel-Hohenhausen, 63324 Egelsbach, Germany, 1996. 146p. Illus. 138 ref. Price: DEM 70.00. |
| Abstract |
Methyl bromide is used in the food industry, agriculture and forestry as a pesticide, herbicide and disinfectant. Exposure levels during the fumigation of buildings and soil in greenhouses with methyl bromide were measured. In addition, the effects of methyl bromide on human tissue were studied in in vitro experiments. Blood samples from three cases with acute methyl bromide poisoning in France were analyzed. Based on the results, a new method for medical supervision was developed. This method relies on the analysis of protein adducts in blood samples. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
herbicides; fumigation; methyl bromide; biocides; disinsectization; fungicides; fumigants; disinfectants; insecticides |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
acute poisoning; case study; Germany; in vitro experiments; report on investigation; agriculture and forestry; exposure; medical supervision; blood monitoring; cytogenetic studies; description of technique; industrial physicians; food industry |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Country / State or Province | Germany |
| Subject(s) |
Toxic and dangerous substances
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Halogenated hydrocarbons
Agricultural chemicals
|
