| Document ID (ISN) | 69853 |
| CIS number |
97-1634 |
| ISBN(s) |
3-7776-0768-1 |
| Year |
1997 |
| Convention or series no. |
BUA Report 161
|
| Author(s) |
Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) - Advisory Committee on Existing Chemicals of Environmental Relevance (BUA) |
| Title |
Xylidines (dimethylanilines) |
| Bibliographic information |
S. Hirzel Verlag, P.O. Box 10 10 61, 70009 Stuttgart, Germany, 1997. xxii, 187p. 292 ref. Price: DEM 106.00. |
| Abstract |
Conclusions of this criteria document, translation of a report finalized in June 1994: animal studies indicate that most xylidines are harmful to health after single, oral application; 2,4-xylidine is poisonous by inhalation; effects of different isomers in animals include methaemoglobin formation, liver and kidney damage, hepatotoxic and nephrotoxic effects, and mutagenic and carcinogenic effects. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
Germany; ecotoxicology; toxicology; xylidines |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
mutagenic effects; toxic effects; literature survey; 3,5-dimethylaniline; 2,3-xylidine; 2,4-xylidine; 3,4-xylidine; 2,6-xylidine; carcinogenic effects; legislation; translation; criteria document; 2,5-xylidine |
| 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) |
Aromatic amines
Pollution control
Genetic factors in reaction to exposures
|
