The MAK-Collection for Occupational Health and Safety: Part I: MAK Value Documentations, Volume 21

by Editor: Helmut Greim (Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area)

• ISBN13: 9783527311347
• ISBN10: 3527311343
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-01
• Publisher: Wiley-VCH

Summary

This volume provides documentations for the established MAK values (maximum workplace concentrations) of selected occupational toxicants, including an authoritative review of the available toxicological studies and data. For each substance, the toxic effects, mechanisms and modes of action, toxicogenetics and metabolism, effects in man and animals are described. In addition, the carcinogenic, germ-cell mutagenic, sensitizing or skin-resorptive effects as well as their toxicity to the reproductive system are evaluated, plus basic physico-chemical data are provided. The documentations are thus not only essential for the application of MAK values but also provide a concise toxicological overview for each substance.

Author Biography

Helmut Greim is Head of the DFG-Senate Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area and also President of the Advisory Committee on Existing Chemicals of Environmental Relevance of the German Chemical Society. Both bodies are intimately involved in European regulatory procedures concerning hazardous chemicals.

Table of Contents

General Papers
Monocyclic aromatic amino and nitro compounds	3	(46)
Chemical Substances
Arsenic and its inorganic compounds (except arsine)	49	(58)
Beryllium and its inorganic compounds	107	(54)
Butanethiol	161	(10)
Carbon disulfide	171	(16)
Diisopropyl ether	187	(8)
Ethanethiol	195	(10)
Nitrogen dioxide	205	(56)
Propargyl alcohol	261	(10)
Vinyl acetate	271	(24)
Authors of Documents in Volume 21	295	(2)
Index	297