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CIH examTLV - answer Threshold Limit Values -- set by ACGIH -- airborne concentrations of
chemical substances and represent conditions under which it is believed that nearly all
workers may be repeatedly exposed, day after day, over a working lifetime, without
adverse health effects.
TLV - TWA - answer Threshold Limit Values - Time Weighted Average: The TWA
concentration for a conventional 8-hour workday and a 40-hour workweek, to which it is
believed that nearly all workers may be repeatedly exposed, day after day, for a working
lifetime without adverse health effect.
TLV-STEL - answer Threshold Limit Value - Short Term Exposure Limit: A 15-minute
TWA exposure that should not be exceeded at any time during the workday, even if the
8-hour TWA is within the TLV-TWA.
Exposures above the TLV-TWA up to the TLV-STEL should be less than 15 minutes,
should occur no more than 4 times per day, and there should be at least 60 minutes
between excessive exposures in this range.
TLV-STEL protections - answer The TLV-STEL is the concentration to which it is
believed that workers can be exposed continuously for a short period of time without
suffering from:
1) irritation
2) chronic or irreversible tissue damage
3) dose-rate-dependent toxic effects
4) narcosis of sufficient degree to increase the likelihood of accidental injury, impaired
self-rescue, or materially reduced work efficiency.
dyspnea - answer SOB -- shortness of breath
atoxia - answer wobbliness, lack of coordination
methemoglobinemia - answer higher than normal methemoglobin (oxidized form of
hemoglobin)
hematuria - answered blood cells in the urine
dysuria - answer painful urination
necrosis - answerpremature death of cells
, lassitude - answerfatigue; listlessness
myalgia - answermuscle pain
anuria - answeran absence of urine formation
polyuria - answerexcessive passage of urine
hepatitis - answerinflammation of the liver
albuminuria - answergreater than normal amount of albumin in the urine (protein)
nephritis - answerinflammation of the nephrone in the kidneys
miosis - answerconstriction of the pupil of the eye
cyanosis - answerblush coloration of the skin and the mucus membranes. Lack of
oxygen.
anorexia - answerloss of appetite (prolonged)
fasiculation - answerinvoluntary contractions or twitchings of groups of muscle fibers
pneumonitis - answerinflammation of lung tissue
bronchitis - answerinflammation of the mucous membranes of the bronchi
asphyxia - answerlack of O2 in expired air
vesiculation - answerformation of vesicles (small fluid filled blisters)
peripheral neuropathy - answerdamage to the peripheral nervous system (autonomic)
encephalopathy - answerdisorder or disease of the brain
gingival lead line - answergray or bluish black line on the gingival margin (gum line)
anemia - answerless than normal hemoglobin in the the blood
proteinuria - answerexess serum proteins in the urine
anosmia - answerinability to perceive odors
tachypnea - answerrapid breathing
angina - answerchest pain
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