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EFFECTS OF ATMOSPHERIC MIX AND TOXIC FUMES ON MILITARY PERFORMANCE
Citation:
Benignus, V. EFFECTS OF ATMOSPHERIC MIX AND TOXIC FUMES ON MILITARY PERFORMANCE. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/D-89/060 (NTIS PB89223630).
Description:
The present chapter covers the individual and combined neuro-behavioral effects of four of the major products of combustion. hey are carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide, carbon dioxide and hypoxic hypoxia. he effects of each were reviewed separately and then the literature of the effects of combined exposures were covered. he latter is a relatively sparse literature. he empirical and physiological information available was encoded as a series of dose-effects and pharmacokinetic equations. ssuming additive effects, a mathematical model was proposed for the combined exposure. everal pharmacokinetic interactions make the received dose of the combined pollutants non-additive, however, and thus introduce nonadditivity into the combined model. he model was useful in pointing out the kind of information still needed to make predictions. he model thus serves a mainly hueristic purpose.