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Concentration of ethylene oxide in the alveolar air of occupationally exposed workers

Brugnone, F.; Perbellini, L.; Faccini, G.; Pasini, F.

American Journal of Industrial Medicine 8(1): 67-72

1985

ISSN/ISBN: 0271-3586
PMID: 4025340
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.4700080109
Accession: 005029402
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Ethylene oxide was tested in environmental air and in the alveolar air of 10 workers employed in a hospital sterilizer unit at hourly intervals during the work shift. Alveolar ethylene oxide concentrations (Ca) were correlated with environmental concentration (Ci) in all the workers studied (r = 0.89-0.99). The ratio between alveolar and environmental concentration (Ca/Ci) given by the slope of the regression line obtained for all the data collected was 0.24. The alveolar retention of ethylene oxide, expressed as 1.sbd.(Ca/Ci), corresponded, on average, to about 75% of the environmental concentration.

Concentration of ethylene oxide in the alveolar air of occupationally exposed workers

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