*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : BD0700000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Aluminum dextran
SUBSTANCE DEFINITION :
   A complex containing aluminum and dextran, a chain of molecular weight
   2,500, corresponding to a chain of 15 anhydroglucose units
REFERENCE :
   JNCIAM Journal of the National Cancer Institute.  (Washington, DC)  V.1-60,
   1940-78.  For publisher information, see JJIND8.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   24,109,1960
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 13
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 112 gm/kg/14W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
   JNCIAM Journal of the National Cancer Institute.  (Washington, DC)  V.1-60,
   1940-78.  For publisher information, see JJIND8.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   24,109,1960

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3
   DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices
   (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial
   Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   TLV/BEI,1997

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FRANCE:TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-RUSSIA:TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV
   
   OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV

 
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