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Distribution of Methylene Chloride in Human Blood

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Recent Developments in Toxicology: Trends, Methods and Problems

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Methylene chloride (dichloromethane) is widely used as a solvent for stripping of paint, as industrial cleaning agent, for coating of pills in the pharmaceutical industry, and in the decaffeination of coffee. There is “sufficient evidence for the carcinogenicity” of methylene chloride in animals and “inadequate evidence for its carcinogenity in humans”, according to IARC (IARC 1987; CEC 1990).

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  1. Institut für Arbeitsphysiologie an der Universität Dortmund, Ardeystraße 67, 4600, Dortmund, Germany

    R. Thier, U. Foest, S. Deutschmann, K. R. Schroeder, G. Westphal, E. Hallier & H. Peter

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  1. Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland

    Philip L. Chambers  & Claire M. Chambers  & 

  2. Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Universität Leipzig, Universitätsbereich Medizin, Härtelstraße 16-18, O-7010, Leipzig, Germany

    Wolf Diether Wiezorek

  3. Veterinärmedizinische Fakultät, Institut für Pharmakologie, Pharmazie und Toxikologie, Universität Leipzig, Zwickauer Straße 55, O-7010, Leipzig, Germany

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Thier, R. et al. (1991). Distribution of Methylene Chloride in Human Blood. In: Chambers, P.L., Chambers, C.M., Wiezorek, W.D., Golbs, S. (eds) Recent Developments in Toxicology: Trends, Methods and Problems. Archives of Toxicology, vol 14. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74936-0_53

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