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U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS). 1993. Toxicological profile for cadmium. Update. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry TP-92/06. 182 pp. 

The U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS 1993) recommends that occupational exposure to hexavalent chromium compounds should not exceed 1 pg/m3 air for a 10-h workday and 40-h workweek because all hexavalent chromium compounds are potential carcinogens. Other recommendations include more research on ... 

U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS). 1977. Criteria for a recommended standard... occupational exposure to inorganic nickel. U.S. Dept. Health Educ. Welfare, PHS, Center Dis. Control, Nat. Inst. Occupat. Safety Health. DHEW (NIOSH) Publ. No. 77-164. 282 pp. 

Ecological and toxicological aspects of silver are reviewed by Smith and Carson (1977), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [USEPA] (1980, 1987), Lockhart (1983), the U.S. Public Health Service [USPHS] (1990), Andren et al. (1993, 1994), Andren and Bober (1995), Eisler (1996), Mukheqee (1997), and Ratte (1999). 

Data from U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS). 1990. Toxicological profile for silver. Agen. Toxic Subs. Dis. Reg. TP-90-24. 145 pp. Purcell, T.W. and J.J. Peters. 1998. Sources of silver in the environment. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 17 539-546. 

Many reviews on ecotoxicological aspects of arsenic in the environment are available, including those by Woolson (1975), NAS (1977), NRCC (1978), Pershagen and Valuer (1979), USEPA (1980, 1985), Hood (1985), Andreae (1986), Sorensen (1987), Eisler (1988,1994), Phillips (1990), ATSDR (1992), Abernathy et al. (1997), Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health [SEGH] (1998) and the U.S. Public Health Service [USPHS] (1998). These authorities agree on six points ... 

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