Toxicological profiles - Cresols

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Author(s): U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services
Series: SuDoc HE 20.7918:91/11
Publisher: The Agency
Year: 1992

Language: English
Pages: 175

TOXICOLOGICAL PROFILE FOR CRESOLS: o-CRESOL p-CRESOL m-CRESOL......Page 1
User's Guide......Page 0
CONTENTS......Page 5
DISCLAIMER......Page 2
FOREWORD......Page 3
LIST OF FIGURES......Page 8
LIST OF TABLES......Page 9
1.1 WHAT ARE CRESOLS?......Page 10
1.4 HOW CAN CRESOLS AFFECT MY HEALTH?......Page 11
1.7 WHERE CAN I GET MORE INFORMATION?......Page 12
2.2 DISCUSSION OF HEALTH EFFECTS BY ROUTE OF EXPOSURE......Page 13
2.2.1.1 Death......Page 14
2.2.1.2 Systemic Effects......Page 15
2.2.2.1 Death......Page 16
2.2.2.2 Systemic Effects......Page 17
2.2.2.4 Neurological Effects......Page 42
2.2.2.6 Reproductive Effects......Page 43
2.2.3.1 Death......Page 44
2.2.3.2 Systemic Effects......Page 45
2.2.3.8 Cancer......Page 49
2.3.2.1 Inhalation Exposure......Page 50
2.3.4.3 Dermal Exposure......Page 51
2.4 RELEVANCE TO PUBLIC HEALTH......Page 52
2.5 BIOMARKERS OF EXPOSURE AND EFFECT......Page 61
2.7 POPULATIONS THAT ARE UNUSUALLY SUSCEPTIBLE......Page 63
2.8 MITIGATION OF EFFECTS......Page 64
2.9.1 Existing Information on Health Effects of Cresols......Page 65
2.9.2 Data Needs......Page 67
3.2 PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES......Page 71
4.1 PRODUCTION......Page 77
4.3 USE......Page 92
5.1 OVERVIEW......Page 94
5.2.1 Air......Page 95
5.2.2 Water......Page 96
5.3.1 Transport and Partitioning......Page 117
5.3.2.1 Air......Page 119
5.3.2.2 Water......Page 120
5.4.1 Air......Page 124
5.4.2 Water......Page 125
5.4.4 Other Environmental Media......Page 126
5.5 GENERAL POPULATION AND OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE......Page 127
5.7.1 Data Needs......Page 128
5.7.2 Ongoing Studies......Page 130
6.1 BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS......Page 131
6.2 ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES......Page 134
6.3.1 Data Needs......Page 138
7. REGULATIONS AND ADVISORIES......Page 139
8. REFERENCES......Page 143
Cancer Effect Level (CEL)......Page 163
Lethal Time(50)......Page 164
Reproductive Toxicity......Page 165
User s Guide......Page 166
Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Symbols......Page 172
PEER REVIEW......Page 175