Industrial Chemical Exposure

The bestselling resource on industrial chemical assessment just got better. A practical guide to biological monitoring for industrial chemical exposure assessment, the THIRD EDITION of INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL EXPOSURE: GUIDELINES FOR BIOLOGICAL MONITORING has been completely revised to include the latest developments in the field. In addition to an upd

Robert R. Lauwerys, Perrine Hoet

INTRODUCTION. Definitions and Objectives of Biological Monitoring of Exposure to Industrial Chemicals. Classification of Biological Monitoring Methods. Principal Advantages of Biological Monitoring. Conditions and Limitations of Biological Monitoring. Biological Monitoring of Susceptibility. Selection of the Appropriate Biological Media and Sampling Time. Interpretation of Results. BIOLOGICAL MONITORING OF EXPOSURE TO INORGANIC AND ORGANOMETALLIC SUBSTANCES. Aluminum. Antimony. Arsenic. Barium. Beryllium. Bromine. Cadmium. Carbon Disulfide. Chromium. Cobalt. Copper. Fluoride. Germanium. Hydrogen Sulfide. Lead. Manganese. Mercury. Molybdenum. Nickel. Nitrous Oxide. Perchlorate. Platinum. Selenium. Silver. Tellurium. Thallium. Uranium. Vanadium. Zinc. BIOLOGICAL MONITORING OF EXPOSURE TO ORGANIC SUBSTANCES. Unsubstituted Aliphatic and Alicyclic Hydrocarbons. Unsubstituted Aromatic Hydrocarbons. Halogenated Hydrocarbons. Amino and Nitro Derivatives. Alcohols. Glycols and Derivatives. Ketones. Aldehydes. Amides and Anhydrides. Phenol and Derivatives. Carbon Monoxide. Cyanides and Nitriles. Isocyanates. Pesticides. Ethers. Miscellaneous Chemicals. Mutagenic and Carcinogenic Substances. SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS.