Specific Medical Tests or Examinations Published in the Literature
for OSHA-Regulated Substances

Cyanide
CAS No: 57-12-5
NOTE:
(1) Efficacy of Medical Tests has not been evaluated.
(2) NIOSH references include diagnostic, screening, and other tests.
(3) OSHA mandated medical tests, if any, are provided in BOLD on a yellow background.
(4) This HTML page was created from DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2005-11O. December 2004.
(5) If a medical test/examination contains multiple references, each is listed separately.

Editor(s) / Author(s)
Specific Medical Test(s)
or Examination(s)
Reference(s)

Lauwerys RR, Hoet P.

Whole Blood (chemical/metabolite)
Industrial Chemical Exposure. Guidelines for Biological Monitoring. 3rd Edition. Lewis Publishers. CRC Press, Inc. 2001.

Proctor NH, Hughes JP.

Whole Blood (chemical/metabolite)
  • Lactic Acid
  • pH (Hydrogen ion concentration)


Chemical Hazards of the Workplace. JB Lippincott Company. 1978.

Hathaway GJ, Proctor NH, Hughes JP.

Whole Blood (chemical/metabolite)
  • Lactic Acid
  • pH (Hydrogen ion concentration)


Proctor and Hughes' Chemical Hazards of the Workplace. 4th Edition. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, New York. 1996.

Baselt RC.

Blood Cyanide
Biological Monitoring Methods for Industrial Chemicals. 3rd Edition. Chemical Toxicology Institute,1997.

Proctor NH, Hughes JP.

Blood Cyanide
Chemical Hazards of the Workplace. JB Lippincott Company. 1978.

Hathaway GJ, Proctor NH, Hughes JP.

Blood Cyanide
Proctor and Hughes' Chemical Hazards of the Workplace. 4th Edition. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, New York. 1996.

Baselt RC.

Blood Plasma
Biological Monitoring Methods for Industrial Chemicals. 3rd Edition. Chemical Toxicology Institute,1997.

Lauwerys RR, Hoet P.

Blood Plasma
Industrial Chemical Exposure. Guidelines for Biological Monitoring. 3rd Edition. Lewis Publishers. CRC Press, Inc. 2001.

Proctor NH, Hughes JP.

Blood Plasma
  • Bicarbonate


Chemical Hazards of the Workplace. JB Lippincott Company. 1978.

US DHHS PHS CDC NIOSH and US DOL OSHA.

Chest X-ray
NIOSH/OSHA Occupational Health Guidelines for Chemical Hazards DHHS (NIOSH) Pub No. 81-123; 88-118; Suppls. I-IV. 1981–1995.

US DHHS PHS CDC NIOSH and US DOL OSHA.

Pulmonary Function Tests
NIOSH/OSHA Occupational Health Guidelines for Chemical Hazards DHHS (NIOSH) Pub No. 81-123; 88-118; Suppls. I-IV. 1981–1995.

Baselt RC.

Urine (chemical/metabolite)
Biological Monitoring Methods for Industrial Chemicals. 3rd Edition. Chemical Toxicology Institute,1997.

Lauwerys RR, Hoet P.

Urine (chemical/metabolite)
Industrial Chemical Exposure. Guidelines for Biological Monitoring. 3rd Edition. Lewis Publishers. CRC Press, Inc. 2001.

LaDou J, ed.

Urine (chemical/metabolite)
Occupational & Environmental Medicine. 2nd Edition. Appleton and Lange. 1997.