Table of Contents: Fire and smoke :

Corporate Authors:	National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Fire Toxicology., National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1986.
Subjects:	Fire testing. Toxicity testing. Smoke > Physiological effect. Fires > Casualties. Fire prevention. Fire protection engineering. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Fire Science.
Online Access:	http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=123887

Table of Contents:

""Long-Term Sequelae after Single Exposures""""Long-Term Sequelae after Repeated Exposures""; ""Cancer""; ""SUMMARY""; ""5 LABORATORY METHODS FOR EVALUATION OF TOXIC POTENCY OF SMOKE""; ""USE OF COMBUSTION-PRODUCT TOXICITY TESTS: TO SCREEN OR NOT TO SCREEN""; ""CHEMICAL ANALYSIS VS. BIOLOGIC ASSAY""; ""TEST METHODS THAT USE DEATH AS AN END POINT""; ""BIOASSAY OF SMOKE POTENCY""; ""LIMITATIONS IN USE OF BIOLOGIC DATA""; ""GERMAN DIN 53 436 METHOD""; ""NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS METHOD""; ""UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH METHOD""; ""COMPARISON OF TEST METHODS""; ""Acute Toxicity""
""Anatomic Changes""""Test Subjects""; ""Physical Test Characteristics""; ""Furnace Dimensions""; ""Heat Transfer and Oxygen Availability""; ""Heating Regimen""; ""Combustion Chamber Atmosphere""; ""Exposure System""; ""Physical Artifacts""; ""Comparison of Data from NBS and Pittsburgh Tests""; ""COMPARISON OF TEST METHODS WITH GUIDELINES FROM 1977 NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL REPORT""; ""TEST METHODS THAT USE NONLETHAL END POINTS""; ""FACTORS THAT IMPEDE ESCAPE""; ""OBSERVATIONAL METHODS""; ""Motorized Activity Wheels""; ""Hind-Leg Flexion""; ""Sensory Irritation and Physiologic Stress""