The first volume provides an introduction to the series and reviews three antidotes: naloxone, a specific opioid antagonist used in the treatment of opiate poisoning; flumazenil, used to reverse the sedative, anti-convulsant and muscle-relaxant effects of benzodiazepines; and dantrolene sodium, used in the treatment of malignant hyperpyrexia and ...
This, the second volume in the series, compares the efficacy of and indications for the clinical and field use of various antidotes for cyanide poisoning. These include oxygen; sodium thiosulphate; amyl nitrate; 4-dimethylaminophenol; hydroxocobalamine; and dicobalt edetate. The volume also assesses agents used to treat methaemoglobemia. This ...
This book, the third in the series, reviews the use of antidotes to paracetamol poisoning. Paracetamol, or acetaminophen, is involved in a large proportion of all poisoning incidents. The introductory chapter discusses the management of paracetamol poisoning, including the factors influencing its toxicity, and compares the efficacy of, and ...
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R. F. Hertel, G. Rosner, J. Kielhorn, Fraunhofer Institut für Toxikologie und Aerosolforschung, World Health Organization, International Programme on Chemical Safety, International Labour Organisation, United Nations...
An evaluation of the risks to human health and the environment posed by exposure to 33 non-heterocyclic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), of which benzo[a]pyrene is the most intensively investigated. Compounds from this large class were selected for evaluation on the basis of abundant data documenting toxic effects, including carcinogenicity ...
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A. Moretto, World Health Organization, International Programme on Chemical Safety, International Labour Organisation, United Nations Environment Programme, Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals
Evaluates the risks to human health and the environment posed by exposure to demeton-S-methyl. The evaluation of effects on human health draws on several reports of accidental and suicidal poisoning in the general population, and episodes of poisoning in inadequately protected workers.
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P. Lundberg, World Health Organization, International Programme on Chemical Safety, International Labour Organisation, United Nations Environment Programme
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J. A. Graham, World Health Organization, International Programme on Chemical Safety, International Labour Organisation, United Nations Environment Programme
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J. Wess, H. Ahlers, S. Dobson, World Health Organization, International Programme on Chemical Safety, Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals
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G. J. van Esch, World Health Organization, International Programme on Chemical Safety, Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals, United Nations Environment Programme, International Labour Organisation
This volume provides a general overview of the properties, mechanisms of action, production, use and performance of chemicals added to polymeric materials, both natural and synthetic, to enhance flame-retardant properties. It also indicates some of the known health and environmental hazards for certain flame retardants previously evaluated by the ...
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Ernest E. McConnell, World Health Organization, International Programme on Chemical Safety, International Labour Organisation, United Nations Environment Programme
Evaluates the risks to human health and the environment posed by exposure to phosgene. The review of effects on human health considers the consequences of high-level, short-term exposure to phosgene from reports of industrial accidents involving both individual workers and the general population.
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