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Chromium Toxicity
Suggested Reading List

General

1. Burrows D, editor. 1983. Chromium: metabolism and toxicity. Boca Raton (FL): CRC Press, Inc.
2. Cohen MD, Costa M. 1998. Chromium compounds. In: Rom WN, editor. Environmental and occupational medicine. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven Publishers. p. 104552.
3. Mertz W. 1982. Clinical and public health significance of chromium. In: Clinical, biochemical and nutritional aspects of trace elements. New York: Alan R. Liss Inc. p. 31523.
4. Sawyer HJ. 1994. Chromium and its compounds. In: Zenz C, Dickerson OB, Horvath, EP, editors. Occupational medicine. 3rd ed. St. Louis: Mosby-Year Book, Inc. p. 48795.

Carcinogenicity

1. Davies JM. 1984. Lung cancer mortality among workers making lead chromate and zinc chromate pigments at three English factories. Br J Ind Med 41:15869.
2. Hayes RB. 1988. Review of occupational epidemiology of chromium chemicals and respiratory cancer. Sci Total Environ 71:3319.
3. Levy LS, Martin PA, Venitt S. 1987. Correspondence: carcinogenicity of chromium and its salts. Br J Ind Med 44:3557.
4. Norseth T. 1981. The carcinogenicity of chromium. Environ Health Perspect 40:12130.
5. Norseth T. 1986. The carcinogenicity of chromium and its salts. Br J Ind Med 43:64951.

Renal Effects and Urinary Excretion

1. Kirschbaum BB, Sprinkel FM, Oken DE. 1981. Proximal tubule brush border alterations during the course of chromate nephropathy. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 52:1930.
2. Lindberg E, Vesterberg O. 1983. Monitoring exposure to chromic acid in chrome plating by measuring chromium in urine. Scand J Work Environ Health 9:33340.
3. Lindberg E, Vesterberg O. 1983. Urinary excretion of proteins in chrome platers, exchromeplaters and referents. Scand J Work Environ Health 9:50510.
4. Powers WJ, Gad SC, Siino KM, Pechman JC. 1986. Effects of therapeutic agents on chromium-induced acute nephrotoxicity. In: Serrone DM, editor. Chromium symposium 1986: an update. Pittsburgh (PA): Industrial Health Foundation, Inc. p. 7986.

Related Documents

1. American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists. 1999. Threshold limit values for chemical substances and physical agents and biological exposure indices. Cincinnati (OH): American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists.
2. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. 2000. Toxicological profile for chromium: update. Atlanta: Department of Health and Human Services.
3. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. 1999. NIOSH pocket guide to chemical hazards. Cincinnati (OH): National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Available from URL: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npg.html.
4. US Environmental Protection Agency. 1984. Health assessment document for chromium. Research Triangle Park (NC): Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental and Criteria Assessment Office. EPA report no. 600/8-83-014F.
5. US Environmental Protection Agency. 1984. Health effects assessment for hexavalent chromium. Cincinnati (OH): Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental and Criteria Assessment Office. EPA report no. 540/1-86-019.
6. US Environmental Protection Agency. 1984. Health effects assessment for trivalent chromium. Cincinnati (OH): Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental and Criteria Assessment Office. EPA report no. 540/1-86-035.
7. US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water. 2000. Current drinking water standards. Washington (CDC): Environmental Protection Agency. Available from URL: www.epa.gov/safewater/mcl.html.

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