Toxicological profile for cresols (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry) / United States Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

United States Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, author, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental toxicology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 232 pages)

Other Title:

Toxicological profile for cresols

Place of Publication:

Atlanta, Georgia : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 2008.

Summary:

The ATSDR toxicological profile succinctly characterizes the toxicology and adverse health effects information for the toxic substance described therein. Each peer-reviewed profile identifies and reviews the key literature that describes a substance's toxicological properties.

Contents:

DISCLAIMER

UPDATE STATEMENT

FOREWORD

QUICK REFERENCE FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS

CONTRIBUTORS

PEER REVIEW

1. PUBLIC HEALTH STATEMENT

1.1. WHAT ARE CRESOLS?

1.2. WHAT HAPPENS TO CRESOLS WHEN THEY ENTER THE ENVIRONMENT?

1.3. HOW MIGHT I BE EXPOSED TO CRESOLS?

1.4. HOW CAN CRESOLS ENTER AND LEAVE MY BODY?

1.5. HOW CAN CRESOLS AFFECT MY HEALTH?

1.6. HOW CAN CRESOLS AFFECT CHILDREN?

1.7. HOW CAN FAMILIES REDUCE THE RISK OF EXPOSURE TO CRESOLS?

1.8. IS THERE A MEDICAL TEST TO DETERMINE WHETHER I HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO CRESOLS?

1.9. WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS HAS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MADE TO PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH?

1.10. WHERE CAN I GET MORE INFORMATION?

2. RELEVANCE TO PUBLIC HEALTH

2.1. BACKGROUND AND ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES TO CRESOLS IN THE UNITED STATES

2.2. SUMMARY OF HEALTH EFFECTS

2.3. MINIMAL RISK LEVELS (MRLs)

3. HEALTH EFFECTS

3.1. INTRODUCTION

3.2. DISCUSSION OF HEALTH EFFECTS BY ROUTE OF EXPOSURE

3.3. GENOTOXICITY

3.4. TOXICOKINETICS

3.5. MECHANISMS OF ACTION

3.6. TOXICITIES MEDIATED THROUGH THE NEUROENDOCRINE AXIS.

3.7. CHILDREN'S SUSCEPTIBILITY

3.8. BIOMARKERS OF EXPOSURE AND EFFECT

3.9. INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER CHEMICALS

3.10. POPULATIONS THAT ARE UNUSUALLY SUSCEPTIBLE

3.11. METHODS FOR REDUCING TOXIC EFFECTS

3.12. ADEQUACY OF THE DATABASE

4. CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL INFORMATION

4.1. CHEMICAL IDENTITY

4.2. PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

5. PRODUCTION, IMPORT/EXPORT, USE, AND DISPOSAL

5.1. PRODUCTION

5.2. IMPORT/EXPORT

5.3. USE

5.4. DISPOSAL

6. POTENTIAL FOR HUMAN EXPOSURE

6.1. OVERVIEW

6.2. RELEASES TO THE ENVIRONMENT

6.3. ENVIRONMENTAL FATE

6.4. LEVELS MONITORED OR ESTIMATED IN THE ENVIRONMENT

6.5. GENERAL POPULATION AND OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE

6.6. EXPOSURES OF CHILDREN

6.7. POPULATIONS WITH POTENTIALLY HIGH EXPOSURES

6.8. ADEQUACY OF THE DATABASE

7. ANALYTICAL METHODS

7.1. BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS

7.2. ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES

7.3. ADEQUACY OF THE DATABASE

8. REGULATIONS AND ADVISORIES

9. REFERENCES

10. GLOSSARY

APPENDICES

APPENDIX A. ATSDR MINIMAL RISK LEVELS AND WORKSHEETS

APPENDIX B. USER'S GUIDE

APPENDIX C. ACRONYMS, ABBREVIATIONS, AND SYMBOLS.

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