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The quantitative estimation of toluene skin absorption in man

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The absorption of toluene through the skin of the hand and the forearm in men was investigated experimentally. Both the absorption of liquid toluene and the absorption from aqueous solutions were studied using the direct method. It was stated that under the experimental conditions the rate of absorption of liquid toluene was 14–23 mg/cm2/h.

In mean concentrations of 180–600 mg/1 the rate of absorption of toluene from aqueous solutions was 160-600 μg/cm2/h and increased according to the increase of toluene concentration.

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  1. Department of Toxicological Chemistry and Industrial Toxicology Medical Academy, Łódź, Poland

    Tadeusz Dutkiewicz &  Halina Tyras

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Dutkiewicz, T., Tyras, H. The quantitative estimation of toluene skin absorption in man. Int. Archv fü Gewerbepathologie und Gewerbehygiene 24, 253–257 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00345921

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