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http://dx.doi.org/10.12925/jkocs.2012.29.1.17

A Toxicity Evaluation for the Toxic Gases of Building Finish Materials  

Cho, Nam-Wook (Department of Fire research center, Korea Institute of Construction Technology)
Cho, Dong-Ho (Fire Disaster prevention research center, univierysity of Incheon)
Oh, Eun-Ha (Center for Life & Environmental Science, NEODIN Medical Science Institute)
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Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology / v.29, no.1, 2012 , pp. 129-140 More about this Journal
Abstract
Smoke toxicity is the test for the toxicity evaluation of smoke and hazardous gas, caused by combustion of building materials and finishing materials. Smoke toxicity can be evaluated by the mean incapacitation time of mice. This test result can be influenced by the health status of mice and test condition. In acute inhalation toxicity test of hazardous gas, no typical clinical findings and histopathologic abnormalities were observed. Tracheitis and bronchitis as well as acute lung inflammation around terminal bronchiole in some mouse of the highest dose group. Through this study, we established the method for inhalation toxicity test of hazardous gas as well as the SOP of inhalation toxicity test. However, in the future studies, the concentration control methods for inhalation technologies on hazardous gas will be needed to improve continuously and also further studies on other gas inhalation toxicity will be needed to conduct.
Keywords
Sulfur Dioxide; histopathologic; average deep stopping time; Toxic gase;
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