Download or read book Chromium written by Desmond Burrows and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1983: Chromium is important in medicine because of its widespread use (about 400,000 tons are processed in the U.S. each year), toxicity, carcinogenic effect, and its high sensitization index in low concentration.