@article{ref1,
title="Decontamination procedures for skin exposed to phenolic substances",
journal="Archives of environmental health",
year="1975",
author="Brown, V. K. and Box, V. L. and Simpson, B. J.",
volume="30",
number="1",
pages="1-6",
abstract="Spraying or swabbing with a mixture of polyethylene glycol 300/industrial methylated spirits (PEG-300/IMS) (2:1 by volume) has been shown to substantially reduce mortality, systemic effects, and skin burns resulting from skin contamination by phenol, cumene hydroperoxide, or phenol/acetone cleavage product. The skin-damaging potentials of sodium hydroxide and sulfuric acid have also been investigated. PEG-300/IMS(2:1 by volume) mixture was found, in rats, to be slightly less effective than water as means of decontamination. The PEG-300/IMS mixture has been shown not to cause eye irritation, and so should not present a hazard where this mixture is used as a decontaminant spray.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0003-9896",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}