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Cemento asfáltico - Overview

Nombres alternativos

Asfalto; Pavimento

Definición:

El asfalto es un material de petróleo líquido de color negro pardusco que se endurece al enfriarse. La intoxicación ocurre cuando alguien ingiere dicho material.

Esto es sólo para fines de información y no para usarse en el tratamiento o manejo de una exposición tóxica real. De ocurrir, debe llamar de emergencia local (tal como 911) o al Centro de Control de Envenenamiento nacional, al 1-800-222-1222.

Elemento tóxico:

Hidrocarburos
Pegantes industriales
Disolventes industriales
Brea

Dónde se encuentra:

Materiales para pavimentar carreteras
Materiales para techar
Cementos para baldosas

Nota: es posible que esta lista no incluya todos los usos del asfalto.

Reviewed last on: 1/29/2010
Jacob L. Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Guidotti TL. Hydrogen sulfide. In: Shannon MW, Borron SW, Burns MJ, eds. Haddad and Winchester's Clinical Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdose. 4th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 91.

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