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A case of m-dinitrobenzene intoxication is described. Clinical picture of the patient who was exposed to an industrial material containing m-dinitrobenzene, methaemoglobinemia and excretion of urinary metabolites observed in a volunteer who experimentally worked with the same material, absence of m-dinitrobenzene in the ambient air during the exposure, and penetration of m-dinitrobenzene through the “protective” gloves which were used by the patient indicate that m-dinitrobenzene was the toxic agent and that the main route of the invasion was skin absorption.
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Ishihara, N., Kanaya, A. & Ikeda, M. m-Dinitrobenzene intoxication due to skin absorption. Int. Arch Occup Environ Heath 36, 161–168 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00378271
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