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... 6.3. Derivation of AEGL-2 The red mucoid nasal discharge observed in rats exposed to 10 ppm phosphine for 6 hours (Newton et al.
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... . An uncertainty factor of 10 will be applied to account for intraspecies variability since the human data suggest that children may be more sensitive than adults when exposed to presumably similar phosphine concentrations.
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... (NIOSH Prepublication Copy 211
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... 340C: 367-376. 212 Prepublication Copy
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