RT Book, Section
A1 Kuschner, Ware G.
A1 Blanc, Paul D.
A2 LaDou, Joseph
A2 Harrison, Robert J.
SR Print(0)
ID 1104106255
T1 Gases & Other Airborne Toxicants
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment:  Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 5e
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071808156
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1104106255
RD 2024/04/23
AB Potentially  hazardous  substances  may  be  encountered  as  airborne  toxicants  across  occupational,  vocational,  indoor  environmental,  and  ambient  exposure  scenarios.  These  substances  can  exist  in  one  or  more  of  several  physicochemical  states,  including  gases,  fumes,  mists,  aerosols,  vapors,  and  smoke.  Table  33–1  lists  common  definitions  of  these  terms.  The  physicochemical  distinctions  among  categories  of  airborne  toxicants  are  of  limited  clinical  application,  but  may  be  relevant  for  industrial  hygiene  monitoring  and  in  interpreting  workplace  exposure  limits.  Airborne  toxicants  cause  respiratory  tract  injury  and/or  systemic  injury  beyond  local  effects  on  the  airways  or  lungs.  Either  group  of  toxic  responses  can  be  mediated  through  a  wide  variety  of  mechanisms.