Toxicology and biological monitoring of metals in humans

Book · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:6064492

Carson, B L; Ellis, III, H V; McCann, J L

This work is an attempt to summarize the mammalian toxicology of the metals, metalloids, and lanthanides for which some toxicity other than radiation effects might be expected. The book begins with a table summarizing the toxic effects and blood/urine concentrations which have been noted at various levels of exposure to the elements studied. Each element then is profiled individually in terms of its occurrence and production, uses, chemical/physical properties, exposure levels/limits, toxicokinetics, and health effects. This volume was intended to serve as a complete and concise source of toxicological, exposure, and monitoring information on metals. The format works well for chemical, physical, and exposure data, but falls far short in the area of toxicology. Toxicity data were obtained from a handful of secondary sources and then condensed to such an extent that much of the information is misleading. Two examples of this are (1) the failure to distinguish between the health effects of inorganic and organic lead, and (2) a three-sentence paragraph describing a quite controversial subject - the carcinogenicity of chromium compounds.

• OSTI ID: 6064492
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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560300* -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMALS
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BIOLOGICAL WASTES
BLOOD
BODY FLUIDS
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
CHROMIUM
DISTRIBUTION
ELEMENTS
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
LEAD
MAMMALS
MAN
MATERIALS
MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE
METALS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PRIMATES
SAFETY STANDARDS
STANDARDS
TISSUE DISTRIBUTION
TOXICITY
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
URINE
VERTEBRATES
WASTES