Acute Liver Dysfunction among Workers Exposed to 2,2‐Dichloro‐1,1,1‐trifluoroethane (HCFC‐123): A Case Report
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Acute liver dysfunction among workers exposed to 2,2-dichloro-1,1,1-tryfluoroethane (HCFC-123): a case report.
2,2-Dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane (HCFC-123; CAS No. 306-83-2), a colorless light-ether-odor liquid with a boiling point of 27.6°C (at 1 Torr) and an ozone depletion potential of 0.02, is a substitute for a well-known ozone depleting substance trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11) as a refrigerant, and 500 tons a year was shipped in Japan in 1996 according to the statistics surveyed by the Japan Flu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Occupational Health
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1341-9145,1348-9585
DOI: 10.1539/joh.40.169