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In Vitro Method to Control Concentrations of Halogenated Gases in Cultured Alveolar Epithelial Cells
Published on: October 23, 2018
[Hygienic standardization of fluogermanate in the air of a working area]
Gigiena I Sanitariia
|April 10, 2009
Abstract:
The paper presents the data on the impact of the most possible concentrations of fluogermanate (GeF4) in the air of a working area with a pencil-beam irritant acting the respiratory organs and those obtained from chronic experiments. The most possible concentration is 0.2 mg/m3 (Class II hazard).
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