Permissible exposure levels for selected military fuel vapors / Subcommittee on Permissible Exposure Levels for Military Fuels, Committee on Toxicology.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Subcommittee on Permissible Exposure Levels for Military Fuels, Committee on Toxicology.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fuel--Environmental aspects.

Fuel.

Toxicology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (148 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy of Sciences, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""Permissible Exposure Levels for Selected Military Fuel Vapors""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""ADVERSE EFFECTS""; ""Kidney""; ""Central Nervous System""; ""Liver""; ""Carcinogenicity""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""1 Introduction ""; ""2 Physical and Chemical Properties of Military Fuels ""; ""JET-PROPULSION FUEL 5""; ""JET-PROPULSION FUEL 8""; ""DIESEL FUEL MARINE""; ""3 Toxicokinetics of Military Fuels ""; ""GENERAL DETERMINANTS OF HYDROCARBON TOXICOKINETICS""; ""TOXICOKINETICS OF SPECIFIC MILITARY FUEL HYDROCARBONS""; ""Benzene""

""Alkylbenzenes""""Methoxyethanol""; ""n-Hexane""; ""Trimethylpentane""; ""Chemical Mixtures""; ""SIMULATED TISSUE CONCENTRATIONS AFTER EXPOSURE TO COMPONENTS OF MILITARY FUELS""; ""4 Fuel Exposures, Toxicity Testing, and Air Monitoring in Naval Operations ""; ""VAPOR COMPOSITION""; ""SETTING PELS FOR MIXTURES""; ""IMPLICATIONS FOR TOXICITY TESTING""; ""IMPLICATIONS FOR AIR MONITORING""; ""5 Effects of Military Fuel Vapors on the Kidney ""; ""EFFECTS OF ACUTE EXPOSURES TO FUEL VAPORS""; ""EFFECTS OF SUBCHRONIC EXPOSURES TO FUEL VAPORS""; ""CONCLUSIONS""

""6 Effects of Military Fuel Vapors on the Hematopoietic System """"HEMATOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF JP-5 FUEL VAPORS""; ""HEMATOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF JP-8 FUEL VAPORS""; ""HEMATOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF DFM FUEL VAPORS""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""7 Effects of Military Fuel Vapors on the Central Nervous System ""; ""NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF FUEL VAPORS""; ""RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STEL AND MINIMUM ALVEOLAR CONCENTRATIONS""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""8 Effects of Military Fuel Vapors on the Liver ""; ""HEPATIC EFFECTS OF JP-5 FUEL VAPORS""; ""HEPATIC EFFECTS OF JP-8 FUEL VAPORS""

""HEPATIC EFFECTS OF DFM FUEL VAPORS""""HEPATIC EFFECTS OF JP-4 FUEL VAPORS""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""9 Effects of Military Fuel Vapors on the Cardiovascular System ""; ""10 Carcinogenic Effect of Military Fuel Vapors ""; ""EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES""; ""Exposure to Jet Fuel Vapors""; ""Direct Exposure to Diesel Fuel""; ""Exposure to Petroleum""; ""EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL STUDIES""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""11 Genotoxic Effects of Military Fuel Vapors ""; ""ASSAY TESTING FOR GENOTOXICITY""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""12 Effects of Military Fuels On the Eyes and Skin ""; ""DERMAL AND OCULAR EFFECTS OF JP-4 FUEL""

""DERMAL AND OCULAR EFFECTS OF DIESEL FUEL""""DERMAL AND OCULAR EFFECTS OF JP-8 FUEL""; ""DERMAL AND OCULAR EFFECTS OF DFM FUEL""; ""DERMAL AND OCULAR EFFECTS OF JP-5 FUEL""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""13 Conclusions and Recommendations ""; ""References""; ""Appendix A""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

OCLC:

844088492