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Proctor and Hughes' Chemical Hazards of the Workplace, 5th Edition by Gloria J Hathaway; Nick H Proctor; James P Hughes is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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<p>The indispensable resource for health professionals on potentially unsafe chemicals—now fully updated Proctor and Hughes' Chemical Hazards of the Workplace, Fifth Edition provides a comprehensive reference text for health professionals who need toxicology data on chemicals that may be encountered in various work settings. Building on the success of the Fourth Edition-already a standard text-this new edition updates and revises the more than 600 entries of that text, and also adds monographs on new compounds.<br> Introductory chapters cover toxicological concepts, clinical manifestations of exposure, the diagnosis of occupational disease, and industrial hygiene aspects of chemical exposures. The rest of the text consists of more than 625 alphabetically arranged entries on individual compounds, each of which includes:<br> * Chemical formula<br> * CAS number<br> * 2003 ACGIH (American Conference of Government Industrial Hygienists) threshold limit value<br> * Synonyms<br> * Physical properties<br> * Sources of exposure<br> * Routes of exposure<br> * Toxicological data The toxicological data includes both acute and chronic effects, especially as related to any known exposure levels.

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Author
Gloria J Hathaway; Nick H Proctor; James P Hughes
Publisher
Wiley-Interscience
Published
2004
Language
EN
ISBN
9780471268833
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Medical, Science, Chemistry

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