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Chromium: a review of environmental and occupational toxicology

Abstract

The following topics are covered in this brief review on the environmental and occupational toxicology of chromium: occurrence, production and uses of chromium and chromium compounds; experimental toxicology; chromium toxicity for man; hygienic and ecologic aspects of chromium contamination of the environment. The review provides a conclusive evidence which suggests that chromium, especially its hexavalent form, is both toxic and carcinogenic, but its trivalent form is physiologically essential in the metabolism of insulin. It is also emphasized that among the major sources of environmental chromium today are the cement industry and the increasingly widespread use of chromium compounds added as an anticorrosion admixture to a variety of cooling systems, e.g. in large power plants, which may greatly contribute to the overall pollution of outdoor air at the sites. 108 references.
Authors:
Publication Date:
Jan 01, 1985
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
EDB-85-178309
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: J. Hyg., Epidemiol., Microbiol., Immunol.; (Czechoslovakia); Journal Volume: 1
Subject:
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TOXICITY; AGING; AIR POLLUTION; DERMATITIS; ECOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTES; LUNGS; MUTAGENS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BLOOD; BLOOD CELLS; BODY; BODY FLUIDS; DISEASES; MATERIALS; ORGANS; POLLUTION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SKIN DISEASES; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; 560306* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology- Man- (-1987)
OSTI ID:
5116913
Research Organizations:
Charles Univ., Prague, Czechoslovakia
Country of Origin:
Serbia and Montenegro
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: CODEN: JHEMA
Submitting Site:
HEDB
Size:
Pages: 37-46
Announcement Date:
Sep 01, 1985

Citation Formats

Bencko, V. Chromium: a review of environmental and occupational toxicology. Serbia and Montenegro: N. p., 1985. Web.
Bencko, V. Chromium: a review of environmental and occupational toxicology. Serbia and Montenegro.
Bencko, V. 1985. "Chromium: a review of environmental and occupational toxicology." Serbia and Montenegro.
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title = {Chromium: a review of environmental and occupational toxicology}
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abstractNote = {The following topics are covered in this brief review on the environmental and occupational toxicology of chromium: occurrence, production and uses of chromium and chromium compounds; experimental toxicology; chromium toxicity for man; hygienic and ecologic aspects of chromium contamination of the environment. The review provides a conclusive evidence which suggests that chromium, especially its hexavalent form, is both toxic and carcinogenic, but its trivalent form is physiologically essential in the metabolism of insulin. It is also emphasized that among the major sources of environmental chromium today are the cement industry and the increasingly widespread use of chromium compounds added as an anticorrosion admixture to a variety of cooling systems, e.g. in large power plants, which may greatly contribute to the overall pollution of outdoor air at the sites. 108 references.}
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