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Numerical list of EHCs

All but the most recent EHCs are available full-text via the IPCS INCHEM web site.

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Summaries and Conclusions in English, French and Spanish of the volumes recently published and in press are available in this site.

1-24

• No. 1 - Mercury (1976) - full text [htm]
• No. 2 - Polychlorinated biphenyls and terphenyls (1976, 1st edition) - full text [htm]
• No. 3 - Lead (1977) - full text [htm]
• No. 4 - Nitrogen oxides (1977, 1st edition) - full text [htm]
• No. 5 - Nitrates, nitrites, and N-nitroso compounds (1978) - full text [htm]
• No. 6 - Principles and methods for evaluating the toxicity of chemicals, Part I (1978) - full text [htm]
• No. 7 - Photochemical oxidants (1978) - full text [htm]
• No. 8 - Sulfur oxides and suspended particulate matter (1979) - full text [htm]
• No. 9 - DDT and its derivatives (1979) - full text [htm]
• No. 10 - Carbon disulfide (1979)- full text [htm]
• No. 11 - Mycotoxins (1979) - full text [htm]
• No. 12 - Noise (1980) - full text [htm]
• No. 13 - Carbon monoxide (1979) - full text [htm]
• No. 14 - Ultraviolet radiation (1979, 1st edition) - full text [htm]
• No. 15 - Tin and organotin compounds (1980) - full text [htm]
• No. 16 - Radiofrequency and microwaves (1981) - full text [htm]
• No. 17 - Manganese (1981) - full text [htm]
• No. 18 - Arsenic (1981) - full text [htm]
• No. 19 - Hydrogen sulfide (1981)- full text [htm]
• No. 20 - Petroleum products, selected (1982) - full text [htm]
• No. 21 - Chlorine and hydrogen chloride (1982) - full text [htm]
• No. 22 - Ultrasound (1982) - full text [htm]
• No. 23 - Lasers and optical radiation (1982) - full text [htm]
• No. 24 - Titanium (1982) - full text [htm]

25-49

• No. 25 - Radionuclides, selected (1983) - full text [htm]
• No. 26 - Styrene (1983) - full text [htm]
• No. 27 - Guidelines on studies in environmental epidemiology (1983) - full text [htm]
• No. 28 - Acrylonitrile (No. 28, 1983) - full text [htm]
• No. 29 - 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) (1984) - full text [htm]
• No. 30 - Principles for evaluating health risks to progeny associated with exposure to chemicals during pregnancy (1984) - full text [htm]
• No. 31 - Tetrachloroethylene (1984) - full text [htm]
• No. 32 - Methylene chloride ( 1984, 1st edition) - full text [htm]
• No. 33 - Epichlorohydrin ( 1984) - full text [htm]
• No. 34 - Chlordane ( 1984) - full text [htm]
• No. 35 - Extremely low frequency (ELF) fields ( 1984) - full text [htm]
• No. 36 - Fluorine and fluorides (1984) - full text [htm]
• No. 37 - Biotoxins, aquatic (marine and freshwater) (1984) - full text [htm]
• No. 38 - Heptachlor (1984) - full text [htm]
• No. 39 - Paraquat and diquat (1984) - full text [htm]
• No. 40 - Endosulfan (1984) - full text [htm]
• No. 41 - Quintozene (1984) - full text [htm]
• No. 42 - Tecnazene (1984) - full text [htm]
• No. 43 - Chlordecone (1984) - full text [htm]
• No. 44 - Mirex (1984) - full text [htm]
• No. 45 - Camphechlor ( 1984)- full text [htm]
• No. 46 - Guidelines for the study of genetic effects in human populations (1984) - full text [htm]
• No. 47 - Summary report on the evaluation of short-term tests for carcinogens (Collaborative study of in vivo tests) (1985) - full text [htm]
• No. 48 - Dimethyl sulfate (1985) - full text [htm]
• No. 49 - Acrylamide (1985) - full text [htm]

50-74

• No. 50 - Trichloroethylene (1985) - full text [htm]
• No. 51 - Guide to short-term tests for detecting mutagenic and carcinogenic chemicals (ICPEMC) (1985) - full text [htm]
• No. 52 - Toluene (1986) - full text [htm]
• No. 53 - Asbestos and other natural mineral fibres (1986) - full text [htm]
• No. 54 - Ammonia (1986) - full text [htm]
• No. 55 - Ethylene oxide (1985) - full text [htm]
• No. 56 - Propylene oxide (1985) - full text [htm]
• No. 57 - Principles of toxicokinetic studies (1986) - full text [htm]
• No. 58 - Selenium (1986) - full text [htm]
• No. 59 - Principles for evaluating health risks from chemicals during infancy and childhood: The need for a special approach (1986) - full text [htm]
• No. 60 - Principles and methods for the assessment of neurotoxicity associated with exposure to chemicals (1986) - full text [htm]
• No. 61 - Chromium (1988) - full text [htm]
• No. 62 - 1,2-Dichloroethane (1987, 1st edition) - full text [htm]
• No. 63 - Organophosphorus insecticides: A general introduction (1986) - full text [htm]
• No. 64 - Carbamate pesticides: A general introduction (1986) - full text [htm]
• No. 65 - Butanols - four isomers (1987) - full text [htm]
• No. 66 - Kelevan (1986) - full text [htm]
• No. 67 - Tetradifon (1986) - full text [htm]
• No. 68 - Hydrazine (1987) - full text [htm]
• No. 69 - Magnetic fields - full text [htm]
• No. 70 - Principles for the safety assessment of food additives and contaminants in food (1987) - full text [htm]
• No. 71 - Pentachlorophenol (1987) - full text [htm]
• No. 72 - Principles of studies on diseases of suspected chemical etiology and their prevention (1987) - full text [htm]
• No. 73 - Phosphine and selected metal phosphides (1988)- full text [htm]
• No. 74 - Diaminotoluenes (1987) - full text [htm]

75-99

• No. 75 - Toluene diisocyanates (1987) - full text [htm]
• No. 76 - Thiocarbamate pesticides: A general introduction (1988) - full text [htm]
• No. 78 - Dithiocarbamate pesticides, ethylenethiourea, and propylenethiourea: A general introduction (1988) - full text [htm]
• No. 79 - Dichlorvos (1988) - full text [htm]
• No. 80 - Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (1988) - full text [htm]
• No. 81 - Vanadium (1988) - full text [htm]
• No. 82 - Cypermethrin (1989) - full text [htm]
• No. 83 - DDT and its derivatives: Environmental aspects (1989) - full text [htm]
• No. 84 - 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid: Environmental aspects (1989) - full text [htm]
• No. 85 - Lead: Environmental aspects (1989) - full text [htm]
• No. 86 - Mercury: Environmental aspects (1989) - full text [htm]
• No. 87 - Allethrins (1989) - full text [htm]
• No. 88 - Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (1989) - full text [htm]
• No. 89 - Formaldehyde (1989) - full text [htm]
• No. 90 - Dimethoate (1989) - full text [htm]
• No. 91 - Aldrin and dieldrin (1989) - full text [htm]
• No. 92 - Resmethrins (1989) - full text [htm]
• No. 93 - Chlorophenols (1989) - full text [htm]
• No. 94 - Permethrin (1990) - full text [htm]
• No. 95 - Fenvalerate (1990) - full text [htm]
• No. 96 - d-Phenothrin  (1990) - full text [htm]
• No. 97 - Deltamethrin (1990) - full text [htm]
• No. 98 - Tetramethrin (1990) - full text [htm]
• No. 99 - Cyhalothrin (1990) - full text [htm]

100-124

• No. 100 - Vinylidene chloride (1990) - full text [htm]
• No. 101 - Methylmercury (1990) - full text [htm]
• No. 102 - 1-Propanol (1990) - full text [htm]
• No. 103 - 2-Propanol (1990) - full text [htm]
• No. 104 - Principles for the toxicological assessment of pesticide residues in food (1990) - full text [htm]
• No. 105 - Mycotoxins, selected: ochratoxins, trichothecenes, ergot (1990) - full text [htm]
• No. 106 - Beryllium (1990) - full text [htm]
• No. 107 - Barium (1990) - full text [htm]
• No. 108 - Nickel (1991) - full text [htm]
• No. 109 - Summary report on the evaluation of short-term tests for carcinogens (Collaborative study on in vivo tests) (1990) - full text [htm]
• No. 110 - Tricresyl phosphate (1990) - full text [htm]
• No. 111 - Triphenyl phosphate (1991) - full text [htm]
• No. 112 - Tributyl phosphate (1991) - full text [htm]
• No. 113 - Chlorofluorocarbons, fully halogenated (1990) - full text [htm]
• No. 114 - Dimethylformamide (1991) - full text [htm]
• No. 115 - 2-Methoxyethanol, 2-ethoxyethanol, and their acetates (1990) - full text [htm]
• No. 116 - Tributyltin compounds (1990) - full text [htm]
• No. 117 - Methyl isobutyl ketone (1990) - full text [htm]
• No. 118 - Mercury, inorganic (1991) - full text [htm]
• No. 119 - Principles and methods for the assessment of nephrotoxicity associated with exposure to chemicals (1991) - full text [htm]
• No. 120 - Hexachlorocyclopentadiene (1991) - full text [htm]
• No. 121 - Aldicarb (1991) - full text [htm]
• No. 122 - n-Hexane (1991) - full text [htm]
• No. 123 - alpha- and beta-Hexachlorocyclohexanes ( 1992) - full text [htm]
• No. 124 - Lindane (1991) - full text [htm]

125-149

• No. 125 - Platinum (No. 125, 1991) - full text [htm]
• No. 126 - Chlorofluorocarbons, partially halogenated (methane derivatives) (1991) - full text [htm]
• No. 127 - Acrolein ( 1991) - full text [htm]
• No. 128 - Chlorobenzenes other than hexachlorobenzene (1991) - full text [htm]
• No. 129 - Isobenzan (1991) - full text [htm]
• No. 130 - Endrin (1992) - full text [htm]
• No. 131 - Diethylhexyl phthalate (1992) - full text [htm]
• No. 132 - Trichlorfon (1992) - full text [htm]
• No. 133 - Fenitrothion (1992) - full text [htm]
• No. 134 - Cadmium ( 1992) - full text [htm]
• No. 135 - Cadmium : Environmental aspects (1992) - full text [htm]
• No. 136 - 1,1,1-Trichloroethane (1992) - full text [htm]
• No. 137 - Electromagnetic fields (1992) - full text [htm]
• No. 138 - 2-Nitropropane (1992) - full text [htm]
• No. 139 - Chlorofluorocarbons, partially halogenated (ethane derivatives) (1992) - full text [htm]
• No. 140 - Polychlorinated biphenyls and terphenyls (1992, 2nd edition) - full text [htm]
• No. 141 - Quality management for chemical safety testing (1992) - full text [htm]
• No. 142 - alpha-Cypermethrin (1992) - full text [htm]
• No. 143 - Methyl ethyl ketone (1992) - full text [htm]
• No. 144 - Principles for evaluating chemical effects on the aged population (1993) - full text [htm]
• No. 145 - Methyl parathion (1992) - full text [htm]
• No. 146 - 1,3-Dichloropropene, 1,2-dichloropropane and mixtures (1993) - full text [htm]
• No. 147 - Propachlor (1993) - full text [htm]
• No. 148 - Benomyl (1993) - full text [htm]
• No. 149 - Carbendazim (1993) - full text [htm]

150-174

• No. 150 - Benzene (No. 150, 1993) - full text [htm]
• No. 151 - Synthetic organic fibres, selected (1993) - full text [htm]
• No. 152 - Polybrominated biphenyls (1994) - full text [htm]
• No. 153 - Carbaryl (1994) - full text [htm]
• No. 154 - Acetonitrile (1993) - full text [htm]
• No. 155 - Biomarkers and risk assessment: Concepts and principles (1993) - full text [htm]
• No. 156 - Hexachlorobutadiene (1994) - full text [htm]
• No. 157 - Hydroquinone ( 1994) - full text [htm]
• No. 158 - Amitrole (1994) - full text [htm]
• No. 159 - Glyphosate (1994) - full text [htm]
• No. 160 - Ultraviolet radiation (1994, 2nd edition) - full text [htm]
• No. 161 - Phenol (1994) - full text [htm]
• No. 162 - Brominated diphenylethers (1994) - full text [htm]
• No. 163 - Chloroform (1994) - full text [htm]
• No. 164 - Methylene chloride (1996, 2nd edition) - full text [htm]
• No. 165 - Lead, inorganic (1995) - full text [htm]
• No. 166 - Methyl bromide (1995) - full text [htm]
• No. 167 - Acetaldehyde (1995) - full text [htm]
• No. 168 - Cresols (1995) - full text [htm]
• No. 169 - Linear alkylbenzene sulfonates and related compounds (1996) - full text [htm]
• No. 170 - Assessing human health risks of chemicals: Derivation of guidance values for health-based exposure limits (1994) - full text [htm]
• No. 171 - Diesel fuel and exhaust emissions (1996) - full text [htm]
• No. 172 - Tetrabromobisphenol A and derivatives (1995) - full text [htm]
• No. 173 - Tris-and bis(2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate (1995) - full text [htm]
• No. 174 - Isophorone (1995) - full text [htm]

175-199

• No. 175 - Anticoagulant rodenticides (1995) - full text [htm]
• No. 176 - 1,2-Dichloroethane (1995, 2nd edition) - full text [htm]
• No. 177 - 1,2-Dibromoethane (1996) - full text [htm]
• No. 178 - Methomyl (1996) - full text [htm]
• No. 179 - Morpholine (1996) - full text [htm]
• No. 180 - Principles and methods for assessing direct immunotoxicity associated with exposure to chemicals (1996) - full text [htm]
• No. 181 - Chlorinated paraffins (1996) - full text [htm]
• No. 182 - Thallium (1996) - full text [htm]
• No. 183 - Chlorothalonil (1996) - full text [htm]
• No. 184 - Diflubenzuron (1996) - full text [htm]
• No. 185 - Chlorendic acid and anhydride (1996) - full text [htm]
• No. 186 - Ethylbenzene (1996) - full text [htm]
• No. 187 - White spirit (1996) - full text [htm]
• No. 188 - Nitrogen oxides (1997, 2nd edition) - full text [htm]
• No. 189 - Di-n-butyl phthalate (1997) - full text [htm]
• No. 190 - Xylenes (1997) - full text [htm]
• No. 191 - Acrylic acid (1997) - full text [htm]
• No. 192 - Flame retardants: A general introduction (1997) - full text [htm]
• No. 193 - Phosgene (1997) - full text [htm]
• No. 194 - Aluminium (1997) - full text [htm]
• No. 195 - Hexachlorobenzene (1997) - full text [htm]
• No. 196 - Methanol (1997) - full text [htm]
• No. 197 - Demeton-S-methyl (1997) - full text [htm]
• No. 198 - Diazinon (1997) - full text [htm]
• No. 199 - Chlordimeform (1997) - full text [htm]

200-224

• No. 200 - Copper (1998) - full text [htm]
• No. 201 - Chloroalkyl ethers, selected (1998) - full text [htm]
• No. 202 - Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, selected non-heterocyclic (1998) - full text [htm]
• No. 203 - Chrysotile asbestos (1998) - full text [htm]
• No. 204 - Boron (1998) - full text [htm]
• No. 205 - Polybrominated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (1998) - full text [htm]
• No. 206 - Methyl tertiary-butyl ether (1998) - full text [htm]
• No. 207 - Acetone (1998) - full text [htm]
• No. 208 - Carbon tetrachloride (1999) - full text [htm]
• No. 208 - Carbon tetrachloride (1999)
  pdf, 1.12Mb
• No. 209 - Flame retardants: tris(chloropropyl) phosphate and tris(2-chloroethyl) phosphate (1998) - full text [htm]
• No. 209 - Flame retardants: tris(chloropropyl) phosphate and tris(2-chloroethyl) phosphate (1998)
  pdf, 667kb
• No. 210 - Principles for the assessment of risks to human health from exposure to chemicals (1999) - full text [htm]
• No. 211 - Tobacco - Health effects of interactions between tobacco use and exposure to other agents (1999) - full text [htm]
• No. 212 - Principles and methods for assessing allergic hypersensitization associated with exposure to chemicals (1999) - full text [htm]
• No. 213 - Carbon monoxide (2nd edition) (1999) - full text [htm]
• No. 213 - Carbon monoxide (2nd edition) (1999) [pdf files]
• No. 214 - Human exposure assessment (2000) - full text [htm]
• No. 215 - Vinyl chloride (1999) - full text [htm]
• No. 215 - Vinyl chloride (1999) [pdf files]
• No. 216 - Disinfectants and disinfectant by-products (2000)- full text [htm]
• No. 216 - Disinfectants and disinfectant by-products (2000) [pdf files]
• No. 217 - Bacillus thurigiensis (1999) - full text [htm]
• No. 217 - Bacillus thurigiensis (1999)
  pdf, 684kb
• No. 218 - Flame retardants: tris(2-butoxyethyl) phosphate, tris(2-ethylhexyl) phosphate and tetrakis(hydroxymethyl) phosphonium (2000) - full text [htm]
• No. 218 - Flame retardants: tris(2-butoxyethyl) phosphate, tris(2-ethylhexyl) phosphate and tetrakis(hydroxymethyl) phosphonium (2000)
  pdf, 507kb
• No. 219 - Fumonisin B1 (2000) - full text [htm]
• No. 219 - Fumonisin B1 (2000)
  pdf, 743kb
• No. 220 - Dinitro-ortho-cresol (2000) - full text [htm]
• No. 220 - Dinitro-ortho-cresol (2000)
  pdf, 957kb
• No. 221 - Zinc (2001) - full text [htm]
• No. 221 - Zinc (2001) [pdf files]
• No. 222 - Biomarkers in risk assessment:Validity and validation (2001) - full text [htm]
• No. 223 - Integrated approach to the assessment of neurotoxicity of chemicals (2001) - full text [htm]
• No. 224 - Arsenic and arsenic compounds (2nd edition) (2001) - full text [htm]
• No. 224 - Arsenic and arsenic compounds (2nd edition) (2001) [pdf files]

225-243

• No. 225 - Principles for evaluating health risks to reproduction associated with exposure to chemicals (2001) - full text [htm]
• No. 226 - Palladium (2002) - full text [htm]
• No. 226 - Palladium (2002)
  pdf, 730kb
• No. 227 - Fluorides (2002) - full text [htm]
• No. 227 - Fluorides (2002)
  pdf, 1.09Mb
• No. 228 - Principles and methods for the assessment of risk from essential trace elements (2002) - full text [htm]
• No. 229 - Nitrogenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (2003) - full text [htm]
• No. 229 - Nitrogenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (2003) [pdf files]
• No. 230 - Nitrobenzene (2003) - full text [htm]
• No. 230 - Nitrobenzene (2003) [pdf files]
• No. 231 - Bentonite, kaolin and selected clay minerals (2005)
  pdf, 1.00Mb
• No. 232 - Static fields (2006) - full text
• No. 233 - Transgenic animal mutagenicity assays (2006)
  pdf, 2.04Mb
• No. 234 - Elemental Speciation in Human Health Risk Assessment (2006)
  pdf, 1.76Mb
• No. 235 - Dermal Absorption (2006)
  pdf, 1.72Mb
• No. 236 - Principles and Methods for Assessing Autoimmunity Associated with Exposure to Chemicals (2006)
  pdf, 2.02Mb
• No. 237 - Principles for Evaluating Health Risks in Children Associated with Exposure to Chemicals (2006)
  pdf, 3.57Mb
• No. 238 - Extremely low frequency fields (2007) - full text
• No. 239 - Principles for Modelling Dose-Response for the Risk Assessment of Chemicals (2009)
• No. 240 - Principles and methods for the risk assessment of chemicals in food (2009)
• No. 241 - DDT in indoor residual spraying: Human health aspects (2011)
• No. 243 - Aircraft disinsection insecticides (2013)
  pdf, 577kb

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