title: Adverse health effects of ethylene oxide and occupational exposure limits.
abstract: The proposed revision of the US standard for occupational exposure to ethylene oxide has recently been topical and controversial. Most of the recent experimental and epidemiological evidence of health effects, which provoked lowering the permissible exposure limit, appears to be unreliable and insufficient for risk assessment.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000187:drug effects; D005027:Ethylene Oxide / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000633:toxicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008452:Maximum Allowable Concentration; D009154:Mutation; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000401:mortality; D011247:Pregnancy; D012306:Risk; D012854:Sister Chromatid Exchange / Q000187:drug effects; D014481:United States; D014489:United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration
chemical_list: D005027:Ethylene Oxide