*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : NO6851000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Iron dust
SUBSTANCE DEFINITION :
   Iron dust from open hearth furnace; dust contained 52% iron
REFERENCE :
   85AGAF "Effects and Dose-response Relationships of Toxic Metals, Proceedings
   from an International Meeting, Tokyo, 1974," Nordberg, G.F., ed., Amsterdam,
   Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., 1976  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,480,1976
LAST UPDATED            : 199506
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
 
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                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intratracheal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 506 mg/kg/15W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - neoplastic by RTECS criteria
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - tumors
REFERENCE :
   85AGAF "Effects and Dose-response Relationships of Toxic Metals, Proceedings
   from an International Meeting, Tokyo, 1974," Nordberg, G.F., ed., Amsterdam,
   Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., 1976  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,480,1976

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   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   85CVA2 "Oncology 1970, Proceedings of the Tenth International Cancer
   Congress," Chicago, Year Book Medical Pub., 1971  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   5,63,1970

 
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