V Introduction....................................................................................................................... 1 Pabt I INORGANIC SUBSTANCES Aluminum........................................................................................................................... 10 Alundum............................................................................................................................. 12 Ammonia............................................................................................................................ 13 Antimony............................................................................................................................ 14 Arsenic................................................................................................................................ 17 Asbestos.............................................................................................................................. 19 Barium................................................................................................................................ 21 Beryllium............................................................................................................................ 23 Bismuth.............................................................................................................................. 26 Boron.................................................................................................................................. 27 Bromine.............................................................................................................................. 29 Cadmium............................................................................................................................ 30 Cerium........................................................ 33 Chlorine.............................................................................................................................. 35 Chlorine dioxide................................................................................................................ 36 Chromium.......................................................................................................................... 37 Cobalt................................................................................................................................. 39 Columbium......................................................................................................................... 41 Copper................................................................................................................................ 42 Decaborane........................................................................................................................ 44 Fluorine.............................................................................................................................. 45 Gallium............................................................................................................................... 48 Germanium........................................................................................................................ 50 Glass fiber and mineral wool............................................................................................. 52 Hydrazine........................................................................................................................... 53 Hydrazoic acid................... ............................................................................................... 54 Hydrochloric acid.............................................................................................................. 55 Hydrogen fluoride.............................................................................................................. 56 Hydrogen peroxide............................................................................................................ 58 Hydrogen sulfide................................................................................................................ 59 Hydroxylamine.................................................................................................................. 60 Indium................................................................................................................................ 61 Iodine................................................................................................................................. 63 Iron..................................................................................................................................... 64 Kaolin and ochre............................................................................................................... 66 Lanthanum........................................................................................................................ 67 Lead.................................................................................................................................... 68 Lithium...................................................................t......................................................... 71 Magnesium......................................................................................................................... 72 Manganese....................................................................................................................... 74 Mercury............................................................................................................................. 76 Mica................................................................................................................................... 78 Molybdenum...................................................................................................................... 80 Nickel................................................................................................................................. 81 vii ST08533I 0 CONTENTS Nitric acid............................................................................................................................ 82 Nitrogen oxides.................................................................................................................... 84 Osmium................................................................................................................................ 87 Ozone.................................................................................................................................... 88 Palladium............................................................................................................................. 90 Phosphine............................................................................................................................. 91 Phosphorus........................................................................................................................... 92 Platinum............................................................................................................................... 94 Plutonium............................................................................................................................ 95 Portland cement.................................................................................................................. 98 Radioactive substances....................................................................................................... 99 Rubidium and cesium.......................................................................................................... 101 Selenium............................................................................................................................... 103 Silica....................................................

Despite the fact that lead has been the sub ject of study for many years, it received more attention than any other single compound and scored 43 abstracts in the Digest, ranking just above the subject of analytical methods.

Despite the fact that lead has been the sub ject of study for many years, it received more attention than any other single compound and scored 43 abstracts in the Digest, ranking just above the subject of analytical methods. !

Despite the fact that lead has been the sub ject of study for many years, it received more attention than any other single compound and scored 43 abstracts in the Digest, ranking just above the subject of analytical methods.

With reference to the special physical examination required of employees in the Department associated with the blending of tetraethyl lead com pounds with gasoline^the {resent program is as follows: 1.

It may be of forensic importance and lead to the detection of a crime, or it may be instrumental in improving inadequate sanitary conditions and thus prevent later cases of a similar nature.

INTERNAL CORRESPONDENCE #2- /From PITTSBURGH MEDICAL DEPARTMENT Re: INDUSTRIAL HIGIENE To R.

INTERNAL CORRESPONDENCE #2- /From PITTSBURGH MEDICAL DEPARTMENT Re: INDUSTRIAL HIGIENE To R.

A Retrospective Cohort Study of Disability Among Chemists Shelia K.

FILE NAME: Neighborhood Exposures (NE) DATE: 1950 DOC#: NE028 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Public Health Monograph - A Methodology for Environmental and Occupational Cancer Surveys Public Health Technical Monograph No. 1 A Methodology for Environmental and Occupational Cancer Surveys B y W .

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Industrial Hygiene Digest INDUSTRIAL HEALTH NEWS LITERATURE ABSTRACTS MEDICAL ENGINEERING CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGICAL LEGAL * * * decisions and treads o o t=3 SEPTEMBER, 1954 (Vol. 18, No. 9) INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION MELLON INSTITUTE 4400 FIFTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH 13, PA. 03119867 INOIJS* 4'*'.

Industrial Hygiene Digest INDUSTRIAL HEALTH NEWS LITERATURE ABSTRACTS MEDICAL ENGINEERING CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGICAL LEGAL * * * decisions and treads oo t=3 SEPTEMBER, 1954 (Vol. 18, No. 9) INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION MELLON INSTITUTE 4400 FIFTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH 13, PA. 03119867 INOIJS* 4'*'.