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Mesotelioma maligno en Colombia: carga de enfermedad, panorama general e índice sociodemográfico subnacional, 2015-2020 [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2023
Objetivo. Establecer la carga de enfermedad por mesotelioma maligno (MM) en Colombia entre 2015 y 2020 y su asociación con el índice sociodemográfico (SDI) subnacional y las localizaciones de asbesto. Métodos.
Adriana Lucía Tibaduiza Torres   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Radiographic Changes in Colombian Asbestos Factory Workers [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of Global Health, 2020
Background: Until recently, Colombia has been a country actively using asbestos. A major factory in Bogota manufactures friction products. Objective: To determine if the use of chrysotile asbestos in a friction products facility leads to workers ...
Arthur L. Frank   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Fiber burden and asbestos-related diseases: an umbrella review [PDF]

open access: yesGaceta Sanitaria, 2022
Objective: What are the levels of asbestos exposure that cause each type of health effect? The objective of this study was to review the available scientific evidence on exposure levels for asbestos and their relationship to health effects.
José María Ramada Rodilla   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Asbestos: caught between technological development and the threat of civil liability. The Italian experience and an approach to Colombian law

open access: yesRevista de Derecho Privado (Bogota. 1997), 2022
En Colombia, la Ley 1968 de 2019 prohibió el uso de asbesto en el territorio nacional. Esta ley no abordó la imputación de responsabilidad contra quienes  expusieron a otros al asbesto ni la evaluación de daños para las víctimas.
Olenka Woolcott   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Las enfermedades relacionadas con el asbesto en América Latina: una mirada desde la Antropología Médica Crítica

open access: yesRevista del Museo de Antropologia, 2023
Las enfermedades relacionadas con el asbesto (ERA) ocasionan alrededor de 255,000 muertes al año en el mundo; sin embargo, no han despertado el interés de la antropología médica latinoamericana, pese a que en esta región se dio la mayor productividad ...
Renata Gabriela Cortez Gómez
doaj   +3 more sources

Por que o amianto ainda não foi proibido no Brasil e nos países em desenvolvimento? [PDF]

open access: yesSaúde em Debate, 2023
RESUMO O amianto é urna fibra mineral muito utilizada na produção de telhas e caixas d’agua. A fibra do amianto, em qualquer das suas formas, é considerada cancerígena por diversos organismos internacionais que estudam câncer.
Hermano Albuquerque de Castro
doaj   +1 more source

ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS OCUPACIONALES

open access: yesRevista Médica Clínica Las Condes, 2015
Las enfermedades ocupacionales son aquellas producidas directamente por el ejercicio de la profesión. Estas se encuentran reguladas por la Ley 16.744 y son de cargo de prestadores de servicios denominados habitualmente mutuales.
Mauricio Salinas F., DR.   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Comprehensive Comparison of Thermal and Physical‐Mechanical Properties of the Recycled Rubber and Plastic Roofing Tiles versus Roofing Tiles Made with Different Traditional Materials

open access: yesAdvances in Civil Engineering, Volume 2018, Issue 1, 2018., 2018
The objectives of this research were to estimate the thermal transmittance and some physical‐mechanical properties of a housing cover built with roofing tiles made from recycled plastics and rubber and compare them with three other traditional solutions for housing cover: ceramic roofing tiles, concrete roofing tiles, and zinc sheets. This roofing tile
Rosana Gaggino   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Asbestos Related Disorders

open access: yesCanadian Respiratory Journal, Volume 1, Issue 3, Page 167-186, 1994., 1994
An updated summary of current understanding of asbestos related disorders is presented, along with a review of the history of the disorders, and the mineralogy, biological tissue burden, pathogenesis, pathology and clinical aspects of the asbestos related disorders, with particular emphasis on important information for the clinician.
Raymond Bégin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

El asbesto como elemento perjudicial en el ser humano y de impacto ambiental negativo a nivel mundial

open access: yesRevista Ciencias Pedagógicas e Innovación, 2017
El asbesto es un grupo de minerales no metálicos fibrosos, compuestos de silicatos de doble cadena que poseen gran resistencia a la tensión y la degradación química y conductividad térmica baja.
Humberto Peña   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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