Inhalation Exposure
Health effects have been observed in humans and animals following
inhalation exposure to several antimony compounds. Health effects following
exposure to airborne stibine, antimony trisulfide, antimony trioxide, antimony
pentoxide, antimony trichloride, antimony pentasulfide, and metallic antimony
are discussed below. Of these, stibine (antimony hydride) is a naturally
occurring gas; for ease of comparison, its concentrations will be expressed in
units of mg/m3
(1 ppm stibine = 5.1 mg/m3
).