TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Gases & Other Airborne Toxicants A1 - Kuschner, Ware G. A1 - Blanc, Paul D. A2 - LaDou, Joseph A2 - Harrison, Robert J. PY - 2013 T2 - CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 5e 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. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1104106255 ER -