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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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phosgene

CAS number: 75-44-5

Diseases linked to this toxicant    Grouped by strength of evidence

Strong Evidence

Bronchiolitis obliterans

Pulmonary edema

Rhinitis - irritant

Good Evidence

Asthma - irritant

Bronchitis - chronic

Immune suppression

Limited Evidence

Pulmonary fibrosis

References

Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). IRIS Assessments. Accessed in 2010.

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.

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

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