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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

Concordância e validade dos diagnósticos de cânceres associados ao asbesto no sistema de informação hospitalar do Sistema Único de Saúde

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Epidemiologia, 2021
RESUMO: Objetivo: Estimar o grau de concordância e validade dos diagnósticos de neoplasias malignas relacionadas à exposição ao asbesto registrados no Sistema de Informação Hospitalar do Sistema Único de Saúde (SIH/SUS), em comparação aos Registros ...
Diego Rodrigues Mendonça e Silva   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Asbestos ban. What comes after the adoption of Act 1968 of 2019?

open access: yesRevista de la Facultad de Medicina, 2020
In Colombia, Act 1968 (1) was officially approved on July 11, 2019; it "prohibits the use of asbestos in the national territory and establishes guarantees for the protection of the health of Colombians".
Guillermo Villamizar   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diagnósticos histopatológicos das pneumoconioses Histopathological diagnosis of pneumoconiosis

open access: yesJornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2006
As doenças asbesto-induzidas constituem um grave problema de saúde em decorrência de um grande número de trabalhadores expostos ao asbesto ao longo dos últimos 50 anos.
Vera Luiza Capelozzi   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mesothelioma and asbestos [PDF]

open access: yesRegulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 2008
The current state of knowledge concerning mesothelioma risk estimates is reviewed. Estimates of the risk of mesothelioma exist for the commercial asbestos fiber types chrysotile, amosite and crocidolite. Data also exist on which to assess risks for winchite (sodic tremolite) and anthophyllite asbestos.
Graham W, Gibbs, Geoffrey, Berry
openaire   +2 more sources

Asbestos and Iron

open access: yesInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023
Theories of disease pathogenesis following asbestos exposure have focused on the participation of iron. After exposure, an open network of negatively charged functional groups on the fiber surface complexes host metals with a preference for iron. Competition for iron between the host and the asbestos results in a functional metal deficiency.
Andrew J. Ghio   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Alterações pleurais e parenquimatosas relacionadas com a exposição ao asbesto: Ensaio pictórico

open access: yesRevista Portuguesa de Pneumologia, 2005
Resumo: As alterações pleurais e pulmonares decorrentes da exposição ao asbesto podem ser benignas, como o derrame e as placas pleurais, ou malignas, como o carcinoma de pulmão e o mesotelioma pleural.
G.S.P. Meirelles   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Parámetros espirométricos en una muestra de trabajadores expuestos a polvos de asbesto y asbesto-cemento / Spirometric parameters in a sample of workers exposed to asbestos and asbestos-cement dusts

open access: yesRevista Cubana de Salud y Trabajo, 2022
Resumen Introducción: Las enfermedades pulmonares ocupan el primer lugar entre las enfermedades profesionales y las relacionadas con el trabajo. Las neumoconiosis más importantes son las que progresan a lesiones irreversibles.
Frank López Avila   +3 more
doaj  

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