PMID: 9162461Jan 1, 1997Paper

The toxicological, hygienic and clinical aspects of the action of low levels of organic solvents

Meditsina truda i promyshlennaia ekologiia
I P UlanovaT A Tkacheva

Abstract

The article presents experimental data showing that Average Shift Concentration (ASC) and Maximal Single Concentration (MSC) for some solvents (tetrachloromethane, tetrachloroethane, dimethylformamide, benzene) are expedient to be justified. Clinical and hygienic materials proved significant health parameters (nervous system, peripheral blood) and urine levels of main metabolites to depend on chlorbenzene and toluene concentrations influencing the workers. Having analyzed the results, the authors recommended following hygienic norms in the air of workplace: for chlorbenzene ASC--50 mg/cu m, MSC--100 mg/cu m; biologic MAC for urine 4-chlorcatechol--0.05 g/l; for toluene ASC--50 mg/cu m, MSC--150 mg/cu m; biologic MAC for urine hippuric acid--1.5 g/l. The article shows some features of ASC and MSC practical application.

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