Toxicological Profile for Cobalt

April 2004

CAS#: 7440-48-4

PDF Version, 3.5 MB

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Toxicological Profile Information

The ATSDR toxicological profile succinctly characterizes the toxicologic and adverse health effects information for the hazardous substance described here. Each peer-reviewed profile identifies and reviews the key literature that describes a hazardous substance's toxicologic properties. Other pertinent literature is also presented, but is described in less detail than the key studies. The complete list of topics covered (chapter titles) is shown at the left and in more detail further down this page.

The focus of the profile is on health and toxicologic information. Therefore, each profile begins with a Public Health Statement that summarizes in nontechnical language, a substance's relevant properties.

A useful two page information sheet, the ToxFAQs™, is also available.

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Complete Profile, 3.5 MB

The table of contents and list of individual PDF files are given below.

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Preface, 680 KB

• Disclamer
• Update Statement
• Foreword
• Quick reference for health care providers
• Contributors
• Peer review
• Contents
• List of figures
• List of tables

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1. Public Health Statement, 257 KB

1.1 What is this substance?
1.2 What happens to it when it enters the environment?
1.3 How might I be exposed to it?
1.4 How can it enter and leave my body?
1.5 How can it affect my health?
1.6 How can it affect children?
1.7 How can families reduce the risk or exposure to it?
1.8 Is there a medical test to determine whether I have been exposed to it?
1.9 What recommendations has the federal government made to protect human health?
1.10 Where can I get more information?

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2. Relevance to Public Health, 240 KB

2.1 Background and environmental exposures to it in the United States
2.2 Summary of health effects
2.3 Minimal risk levels

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3. Health Effects, 1.2 MB

3.1 Introduction
3.2 Discussion of health effects by route of exposure
3.3 Genotoxicity
3.4 Toxicokinetics
3.5 Mechanisms of action
3.6 Endocrine disruption
3.7 Children's susceptibility
3.8 Biomarkers of exposure and effect
3.9 Interactions with other chemicals
3.10 Populations that are unusually susceptible
3.11 Methods for reducing toxic effects
3.12 Adequacy of the database

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4. Chemical and Physical Information, 257 KB

4.1 Chemical Identity
4.2 Physical, chemical and radiological properties

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5. Production, Import, Use, and Disposal, 246 KB

5.1 Production
5.2 Import / Export
5.3 Use
5.4 Disposal

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6. Potential for Human Exposure, 2 MB

6.1 Overview
6.2 Releases to the environment
6.3 Environmental fate
6.4 Levels monitored or estimated in the environment
6.5 General population and occupational exposure
6.6 Exposures of children
6.7 Populations with potentially high exposures
6.8 Adequacy of the database

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7. Analytical Methods, 250 KB

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8. Regulations and Advisories, 318 KB

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9. References, 559 KB

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10. Glossary, 364 KB

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Appendices, 440 KB

A. ATSDR minimal risk level worksheets
B. User's guide
C. Acronyms, abbreviations, and symbols
D. Overview of basic radiation physics, chemistry, and biology
E. Index

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Reference

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). 2004. Toxicological profile for cobalt. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service.

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Disclaimer
Some PDF files may be electronic conversions from paper copy or other electronic ASCII text files. This conversion may have resulted in character translation or format errors. Users are referred to the original paper copy of the toxicological profile for the official text, figures, and tables. Original paper copies can be obtained via the directions on the toxicological profile home page, which also contains other important information about the profiles.

The information contained here was correct at the time of publication. Please check with the appropriate agency for any changes to the regulations or guidelines cited.