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Critical reappraisal of Balangero chrysotile and mesothelioma risk
Background Balangero, 40 km northwest of Torino in the Piedmonte Region, was home to the largest and most active chrysotile mine in Europe operating from 1916 - 1990 and employed over 300 men at any one time.
Edward B. Ilgren +3 more
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In vitro acellular dissolution of mineral fibres: A comparative study
The study of the mechanisms by which mineral fibres promote adverse effects in both animals and humans is a hot topic of multidisciplinary research with many aspects that still need to be elucidated.
Alessandro F. Gualtieri +3 more
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Modelling the Fenton reaction of amphibole asbestos
<p>In this work a sample of UICC crocidolite and a sample of fibrous tremolite were leached up to 1 week both in a simplified Gamble&#8217;s solution at acidic pH and in a phosphate buffered medium at neutral pH, in presence of H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>.
Maura Tomatis +11 more
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The Thoracic Lymphatic Vasculature: Interorgan Strategies to Achieve an Optimal Tissue Function
In the thorax, organ‐specific features such as stomata and submesothelial lacunae, pulmonary perivascular and peribronchial vessels, and subepicardial lymphatic network allow the thoracic lymphatics to perform as a dynamically regulated system able to exploit local mechanical forces and tissue‐specific architecture to maintain fluid and solute ...
Daniela Negrini +3 more
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Asbestos is a collective term for six natural mineral fibers that have been widely used commercially. These fibers are classified into two main groups: amphibole asbestos (including crocidolite, tremolite, actinolite, anthophyllite, and amosite) and ...
Huang Qiulin, Lian Fuzhi, Chen Tianhui
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Defining Asbestos: Differences between the Built and Natural Environments
Asbestos – while most think they know what this material is, few understand the current issues surrounding it. Few would also realize that asbestos is the form of a mineral, and even fewer would know that there are different types of asbestos ...
Mickey E. Gunter
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Abstract We describe and compare two outcrops of pyroxenite associated with Neoproterozoic ophiolite sequences in the Eastern Desert of Egypt: small masses in the Abu Samuki area of the North Eastern Desert and large belts in the Wadi El‐Mireiwa area of the South Eastern Desert.
Hussam A. Selim +7 more
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Global use of asbestos - legitimate and illegitimate issues
Background Exposure to asbestos causes non-malignant and malignant diseases including asbestosis, lung cancer, and mesothelioma. The modern history of such diseases goes back more than a century.
Arthur L. Frank
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ABSTRACT Background Asbestos exposure and its pathological consequences, especially malignant mesothelioma (MM) still represent a major public health problem on a global scale. After the ban of asbestos in most western countries, nonoccupational exposure plays an essential role in MM pathogenesis.
Silvia Damiana Visonà +7 more
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Objective The objective of this study was to investigate occupational and hobby exposures to silica, solvents, and heavy metals and the odds of having the idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) phenotypes dermatomyositis (DM) and polymyositis (PM) versus inclusion body myositis (IBM), lung disease plus fever or arthritis (LD+), and systemic autoimmune ...
Christine G. Parks +11 more
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