Skin Permeation and Cutaneous Hypersensitivity As a Basis for Making Risk Assessments of Chromium As a Soil Contaminant

• Published in: Environmental health perspectives Vol. 92; p. 111
• Main Authors: Bagdon, Robert E., Hazen, Robert E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.1991
• Subjects: 560300 - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology; ASIA; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BODY; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; DERMATITIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; JAPAN; ORGANS; PERMEABILITY; RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; SLAGS; SOILS; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; UROGENITAL SYSTEM DISEASES

A literature review of experimental and human exposure studies of skin permeation and cutaneous hypersensitivity reactions evoked by chromium was carried out to provide a basis for making a risk assessment of chromium as a soil contaminant. In vitro and in vivo studies demonstrated that 1 to 4% of t...