Article | REF: SE1605 V3

Industrial Toxicology

Author: Alain LOMBARD

Publication date: May 10, 2021, Review date: May 31, 2021

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5. Local tolerance

5.1 Respiratory tract

These are the first routes of contact and entry of toxic substances into the body.

Local clinical signs are as follows.

  • Nasal :

    • nasal irritation (acids, acrylates, etc.),

    • degeneration of the olfactory epithelium (formaldehyde, acids);

    Note also sensory irritation = neurological inflammation perceived in the nose, by excitation of the fifth cranial nerve, but which does not give rise to clinical signs of irritation.

  • Pulmonary :

    • alteration, paralysis or depletion of the cilia of the epithelial cells of the tracheobronchial...

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