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ID (ISN) del documento62271
Número CIS 94-953
ISSN - Título de la serie 0096-1736 - Journal of Occupational Medicine
Año 1993
Número de serie
Autor(es) Heseltine E., Peltonen K., Sorsa M., Vainio H.
Título Assessment of the health hazards of 1,3-butadiene and styrene
Información bibliográfica Nov. 1993, Vol.35, No.11, p.1089-1095. 6 ref.
Resumen Report on a meeting held in Espoo, Finland, 18-21 April 1993, on the health hazards of 1,3-butadiene and styrene. The main topics were occurrence and exposure, dose measurement, protein and DNA adducts as markers of exposure, reproductive effects and neurotoxicity, genetic toxicity, cancer. The two substances have carcinogenic effects in laboratory studies but wide differences between species make extrapolation to humans difficult. Epidemiological evidence associating butadiene exposure with cancer is strong, but the data on styrene are still equivocal. Research in several areas is needed.
Descriptores (primarios) substancias cancerígenas; estireno; riesgos químicos; valoración del riesgo; butadieno-1,3
Descriptores (secundarios) efectos neurotóxicos; efectos esterilizantes; cambio de horizontes; conferencia; cáncer
Tipo de documento D - Artículos periódicos
País / Estado o ProvinciaFinlandia; Francia
Tema(s) Sustancias tóxicas y peligrosas
Broad subject area(s) Riesgos químicos
Navegación por categoria(s) Butadiene
Aliphatic and alicyclic hydrocarbons
Genetic factors in reaction to exposures
Risk evaluation
Aromatic hydrocarbons