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Title Permissible exposure levels for selected military fuel vapors / Subcommittee on Permissible Exposure Levels for Military Fuels, Committee on Toxicology, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council
Published Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1996

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 128 pages) : illustrations
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
AlkylbenzenesMethoxyethanol -- 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 VAPORSHEPATIC 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 FUELDERMAL 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 "Supported by the U.S. Army under Contract No. DAMD 17-89-C-9086"--Page [ii]
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 112-122)
Notes Print version record
Subject Petroleum -- Toxicology
Motor fuels -- Toxicology
Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous -- Toxicology.
Soldiers -- Diseases
Hazardous substances.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Safety.
Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous -- Toxicology
Hazardous substances
Petroleum -- Toxicology
Soldiers -- Diseases
Form Electronic book
Author National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Toxicology.
ISBN 0309571987
9780309571982