TY - BOOK ID - 149873376 TI - Formaldehyde AU - Liteplo, R.G. AU - Organization, World Health. AU - International Labour Organisation AU - World Health Organization PY - 2002 SN - 9240686746 PB - Geneva : World Health Organization, DB - UniCat KW - Carcinogens. KW - Environmental Exposure. KW - Formaldehyde -- Physiological effect. KW - Formaldehyde -- toxicity. KW - Environmental Pollution KW - Risk KW - Risk Management KW - Epidemiologic Measurements KW - Aldehydes KW - Specialty Uses of Chemicals KW - Organization and Administration KW - Organic Chemicals KW - Chemical Actions and Uses KW - Probability KW - Public Health KW - Statistics as Topic KW - Health Services Administration KW - Chemicals and Drugs KW - Environment and Public Health KW - Delivery of Health Care. KW - Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms KW - Epidemiologic Methods KW - Investigative Techniques KW - Quality of Health Care KW - Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment KW - Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation KW - Environmental Exposure KW - Risk Assessment KW - Formaldehyde KW - Fixatives UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:149873376 AB - This book evaluates the risks to human health and the environment of formaldehyde. Formaldehyde is a colourless highly reactive gas with a pungent irritating odour at room temperature. Sensory irritation of the eyes and respiratory tract by formaldehyde has been observed consistently in clinical studies and epidemiological surveys in occupational and residential environments.Formaldehyde is produced commercially and used predominantly in the synthesis of resins but the largest direct human source of formaldehyde in the environment is the combustion of organic materials. Releases from industria ER -