Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposure to Xylene [1975]

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Recommendations are made for a standard of occupational exposure to xylene (1330207), based on the health effects of exposure to the solvent. The main topics covered are: recommendations regarding the quality of the workplace air, periodic medical examinations, labeling, personal protective equipment, informing employees of hazards, work practices, sanitation, monitoring and recordkeeping; biologic effects of exposure; environmental data and biologic evaluation; and development of standard. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Epidemiology Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Preventive Medicine Safety Solvents Toxicology Xylene
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Publication; NIOSH-Contract; Contract-099-73-0039; Organic-solvents; Exposure-limits; Preventive-medicine; Air-quality-control; Safety-equipment; Toxicology; Analytical-methods; Control-measures; Safety-standards; Air-sampling; Epidemiology
• Source:
  Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 75-168, 1975 Jan; :1-101
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Criteria Document
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB75168
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  HSM-99-73-39
• Genre:
  Standards
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  ORSD - Office of Research and Standards Development
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  110 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00038209
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-246702
• CAS Registry Number:
  Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• Performing Organization:
  Tabershaw-Cooper and Associates, Inc.
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Guidelines and Recommendations
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:dc52191e505651c3fa8e13a710bc98053acdaa2b4d98c8e79c2f2b818b6d8319ae0c3d2ca7ef74779705bac5f7deb0ca031b54250d6631be20434f6266091316
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/19345/cdc_19345_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.77 MB ]