Review article

Formaldehyde in present-day environmental toxicology

T. Beritić ; Institut za medicinska istraživanja i medicinu rada, Zagreb, Hrvatska
S. Kovač ; Institut za medicinska istraživanja i medicinu rada, Zagreb, Hrvatska
D. Dimov ; Institut za medicinska istraživanja i medicinu rada, Zagreb, Hrvatska

Abstract

The importance of formaldehyde from the point of view of environmental toxicology is presented with special regard to the numerous applications of formaldehyde-containing synthetic resins in the textile industry, in building, wood and furniture, rubber, plastics and chemical industries, in medicine, etc. The chemical, physical and physiological properties of this gas of high chemical reactivity are described, as well as the main sources of its emanations in occupational and general environments. The technological processes in which formaldehyde resins are used are reviewed and the pathological changes provoked by them, both dermatologic and respiratory, are presented. According to their nature the pathological formaldehyde effects are divided into toxic, allergic, mutagenic and carcinogenic.

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Hrčak ID:

158863

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/158863

Publication date:

5.4.1982.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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