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Toxicant and Disease Database

The CHE Toxicant and Disease Database is a searchable database that summarizes links between chemical contaminants and approximately 180 human diseases or conditions. Diseases and or toxicants can be viewed by utilizing the search options below. See a full description of the database and our methodology.

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antimony

CAS number: 7440-36-0

Diseases linked to this toxicant    Grouped by strength of evidence

Strong Evidence

Arrhythmias

Bronchitis - chronic

Contact dermatitis - irritant

Olfactory alterations (hyposmia, anosmia, dysomias)

Pneumoconiosis

Good Evidence

Acute hepatocellular injury (hepatitis)s

COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)

Limited Evidence

Bladder cancer

Coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, atherosclerosis

Fetotoxicity (miscarriage / spontaneous abortion, stillbirth)

Lung cancer

Menstrual disorders (abnormal bleeding, short cycles, long cycles, irregular cycles, painful periods)

Nasal septal perforation

Pulmonary edema

References for our 2011 disease list

Klaassen CD, Ed. Casarett and Doull's Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons, 6th Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill 2001.

LaDou J, Ed. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 3rd Edition. New York: Lange Medical/McGraw-Hill Company, 2004.

Leikin JB, Davis A et al. Selected topics related to occupational exposures. Part IV. Occupational liver disease. Disease-a-Month. 2000 Apr;46(4):296-310.

Leikin JB, Davis A, Klodd DA, Thunder T, Kelafant GA, Paquette DL, Rothe MJ, Rubin R. Selected topics related to occupational exposures. Part V. Occupational cardiovascular disease. Disease-a-Month. 2000 Apr;46(4):311-322.

Rom WM. Environmental and Occupational Medicine, 3rd Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers, 1998.