Use of breath analysis to monitor trichloroethylene exposures.

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• Personal Author:
  Hake CL ; Peterson JE ; Stewart RD
• Description:
  Postexposure decay curves were obtained from volunteers exposed daily in a controlled environment chamber to various concentrations of trichloroethylene (79016) vapor, to develop postexposure trichloroethylene decay curves with which to estimate the magnitude of an industrial exposure. Alveolar breath samples were collected in glass pipettes and analyzed by gas chromatography. The results reveal that breath analysis can be used as a rapid method with which to estimate the magnitude of rapid trichloroethylene exposure. Breath samples collected 8 to 24 hours after exposure were accurate indicators of the time-weighed average vapor exposure experienced by the subject on the previous day. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Chlorine Compounds Hydrocarbons Occupational Health Respiratory System Safety
• Keywords:
  Analytical-methods Chlorinated-ethylenes Chlorinated-hydrocarbons Contract-099-72-0084 Exposure-chambers Exposure-methods NIOSH-Contract NIOSH-Publication Respiratory-gas-analysis Sampling-methods Testing-facilities

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• ISSN:
  0003-9896
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 5 ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  6-13
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00025194
• Citation:
  Arch Environ Health 1974 Jul; 29(1):6-13
• CAS Registry Number:
  Trichloroethylene (CAS RN 79-01-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1974
• Performing Organization:
  The Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Environmental Medicine
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Archives of Environmental Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c4b778de22adfc12b6137e4374d2096017d64d85d86be2ba03a1354fdb1c826b41736861f32552b221ef51a8c8d41a206fd05cc50d41855f7ddf857ebf917460
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183903/cdc_183903_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 6.00 MB ]