«Aspectos ecotoxicológicos de las maderas tropicales».

  • Miguel Á. Capó Martí
Keywords: Environmental Toxicology, Tropical woods, Pathology

Abstract

Handling of wood coming from tropical trees can originate toxical phenomena, cause for [heir contents in active substances. We mean tropical wood [hose coming from ecuatorial zone botanical species. These wood are used for [heir technical qualities: hardness, incorruptibility, resistance [o insect attack, capability to good finishing in carpentry, in domestic furnishing as in railway or naval architecture, Obsenaeoric, Mcdioambiúnxcuj o.' 1. Pp. 257-267. Scrv¡cio de RubIic-aciones. Universidad Complutense. Madrid. 1998 258 Miguel Andrés Capó Martí The most harmful operations are sawing, planing, cutting, carving. shape-turning, drilling and polishing. AII them emitting very fine dust particles that depositing in skin and mucoses and are inhaled with breath of craftsmen, being [heir nocive substances [hen dissolved and absorbed. AII [hese toxic principIes are irritants, sensibilizers and, frecuently, with generalized toxical effects.

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Published
1998-01-01
How to Cite
Capó Martí M. Á. (1998). «Aspectos ecotoxicológicos de las maderas tropicales». Observatorio Medioambiental, 1, 257. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/OBMD/article/view/OBMD9898110257A
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No. 1 (1998)
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