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Nine brands of i.v. catheter were tested for toxicity in a human bone marrow culture system, and content and leaching of plasticizers determined. Three catheters showed toxicity to the culture system and three others leached di-2-ethylhexyl-phthalate in appreciable amounts.
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Mortensen et al. (1977) studied this question.
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