Proctor and Hughes Chemical Hazards of the Workplace

Hathaway, G.J., N.H.Proctor, J.P.Hughes, and M.L.Fischman. 1991. Pp. 83-84 in Proctor and Hughes Chemical Hazards of the Workplace, 3rd Ed. New York Van Nostrand Reinhold. Hatton, D.V., C.S.Leach, A.L.Beaudet, R.O.Dillman, and N.DiFerrante. 1979. Collagen breakdown and ammonia inhalation. Arch. Environ. Health 34(2) 83-87. 

Hathaway, G.J., J.P. Hughes, and N.P. Proctor. 1996. Proctor and Hughes Chemical Hazards of the Workplace, 4th Ed. New York John Wiley Sons. 

Proctor and Hughes Chemical Hazards of the Workplace (Hathaway et al. 1996) is a standard reference that provides summaries of the toxicity of more than 500 frequently encountered occupational chemicals. Each summary includes American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists Threshold Limit Values (when available) a statement describing physical properties, uses, and usual routes of exposure and selected literature citations. Brief descriptions of the clinical effects of toxic exposure are given along with the doses at which the effects have been observed. Emphasis is placed on data obtained from human studies. 

Hathaway GJ, Protor NH, Hughes. 1991. Proctor and Hughes chemical hazards of the workplace. 

Proctor and Hughes Chemical Hazards of the Workplace, 3rd edition, G. J. Hathaway, N. H. Proctor, J. P. Hughes, and M. L. Fischman, editors. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1991. This resource provides an excellent summary of the toxicology of 542 chemicals. Most entries are one to two pages in length and include signs and symptoms of exposure with reference to specific clinical reports. 

Proctor and Hughes Chemical Hazards of the Workplace, 5th edition and C. H. Powell (editors) Gloria J. Hathaway and Hoboken, NJ John WUey Sons, 2004... 

Hathway, G. J., N. H. Proctor, and J. P. Hughes. Proctor Hughes chemical hazards of the workplace (fourth edition). New York John Wiley Sons, Inc., 1996. 

Proctor, N. H. and Hughes, J. P. Chemical Hazards of the Workplace. Philadelphia J. P. Lippincott Company, 1978. 

This chapter covered only a small proportion of the vast number of chemicals that can be found in the workplace. For more definitive information on a wide variety of toxic substances, the reader is referred to standard references on industrial toxicology. Of these, one of the most useful for a quick summary of toxic effects and management is Chemical Hazards in the Workplace by N. H. Proctor and J. P. Hughes. Definitive reviews of many chemicals are published by the American Industrial Hygiene Association and the National Safety Council among others. Sources are given in Appendix III. 

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