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Emergency and Continuous Exposure Limits for Selected Airborne Contaminants Volume 2 (1984) / Chapter Skim
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Introduction
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... It is defined as a ceiling limit designed to avoid adverse health effects, either immediate or delayed, and to avoid degradation in crew performance that might endanger the objectives of a particular mission. Because human data on continuous exposures are rarely available, uncertainty factors might be used, the magnitude depending on the Judgment of the Committee.
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... Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Sciences. 115 P ~ National Research Council, Committee on Toxicology.
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