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Adverse health effects of ethylene oxide and occupational exposure limits
Author(s) -
Sheikh Kazim
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
american journal of industrial medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1097-0274
pISSN - 0271-3586
DOI - 10.1002/ajim.4700060206
Subject(s) - medicine , ethylene oxide , occupational exposure limit , occupational exposure , epidemiology , environmental health , occupational medicine , adverse effect , occupational safety and health , toxicology , pathology , chemistry , organic chemistry , copolymer , biology , polymer
The proposed revision of the US standard for occupational exposure to ethylene oxide has recently been topical and controversial. Most of the recent experimental and epidemiological evidence of health effects, which provoked lowering the permissible exposure limit, appears to be unreliable and insufficient for risk assessment.