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Assessment of asbestos exposure in Kyrgyzstan through analysis of raw and processed materials, air samples and human lung tissue [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Asbestos still represents a major public health problem on a global scale. In Central Asia chrysotile is still mined and used, claiming that it is safer with respect to amphibole asbestos within certain concentrations.
Zhyldyz Kurzhunbaeva, Ruggero Vigliaturo, Giulia Pia Servetto, Barbara Bertoglio, Giovanni Cecchetto, Nurzhan Tulepbergenov, Ekaterina Mindiyarova, Rano Kasymova, Kenesh Dzhusupov, Silvana Capella, Elena Belluso, Claudio Colosio, Andrea Spinazzè, Domenico Maria Cavallo, Silvia Damiana Visonà   +14 more
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Application of artificial intelligence in the analysis of asbestos fibers [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
Automated asbestos fiber detection and identification has been the goal of asbestos microscopists for decades. The advent of inexpensive memory, fast digital processing, machine learning, and microscope automation provide the enabling platform for ...
Richard Lee, Drew Van Orden, Suzanne Blanda, John Mihalick, David Bickford, Patrick Metsch   +5 more
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Evaluation of the genotoxic and transformation potential induced by asbestos compared to cleavage fragments [PDF]

Scientific Reports
The World Health Organization has confirmed that asbestos fibres are carcinogenic, claiming that asbestos-related diseases should be eradicated worldwide.
Sebastiano La Maestra, Gaia M. Militello, Stefano Alberti, Mirko Benvenuti, Laura Gaggero   +4 more
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Comparison of various methodological approaches to model asbestos thresholds for mesothelioma [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundThere is evidence to support several modes of action (MoAs), and particularly non-genotoxic MoAs, for mesothelioma induced by asbestiform elongate mineral particles (EMPs).
Julie E. Goodman, Andrey Korchevskiy, Ann G. Wylie   +2 more
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Comparative analysis of asbestos body and fiber content in formalin-fixed vs. paraffin-embedded lung tissue [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionAsbestos body and fiber burdens may be determined using different preparations of lung tissue. Paraffin-embedded tissue requires more complex steps than formalin-fixed tissue.
Barbara K. Kuhn, Bart Vrugt, Bart Vrugt, Alex Low, Julie E. Goodman, Richard Attanoos   +5 more
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Preparation methodology evaluation of rat pulmonary tissues containing mineral fibers following inhalation exposure to Libby amphibole asbestos [PDF]

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology
Background Inhaled mineral fibers including asbestos are associated with lung cancer and pleural disease. In this study, we evaluated methodologies for mineral fiber isolation with subsequent physical and chemical characterization from pulmonary tissues ...
Jamie S. Richey, John R. Shaw, Amit Gupta, Dawn M. Fallacara, Barney R. Sparrow, Anbo Wang, Karen E. Elsass, Georgia K. Roberts, Pei-Li Yao, Matthew D. Stout, Benjamin J. Ellis, Robyn L. Ray   +11 more
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Amphibole asbestos as an environmental trigger for systemic autoimmune diseases. [PDF]

Autoimmun Rev
A growing body of evidence supports an association between systemic autoimmune disease and exposure to amphibole asbestos, a form of asbestos typically with straight, stiff, needle-like fibers that are easily inhaled. While the bulk of this evidence comes from the population exposed occupationally and environmentally to Libby Amphibole (LA) due to the ...
Pfau JC, McLaurin B, Buck BJ, Miller FW.
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Habit of elongate amphibole particles as a predictor of mesothelial carcinogenicity [PDF]

Toxicology Reports
Introduction: Amphiboles are a class of minerals that are abundantly present in the environment. Amphiboles may exist in several habits, with asbestiform particles behaving like typical amphibole asbestos and non-asbestiform (or massive) reported to be ...
Andrey A. Korchevskiy, Ann G. Wylie
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Amphibole fibres in Chinese chrysotile asbestos [PDF]

The Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 2001
Abstract Ten chrysotile bulk samples originating from six Chinese chrysotile mines were studied for amphibole fibres. Five of the mines operate on ultramafic rocks whereas one exploits a dolomite-hosted deposit. The asbestos fibre content in lung tissue was examined from seven deceased workers of the Shenyang asbestos plant using these ...
A, Tossavainen, M, Kotilainen, K, Takahashi, G, Pan, E, Vanhala   +4 more
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Crystal structure determination of a lifelong biopersistent asbestos fibre using single-crystal synchrotron X-ray micro-diffraction

IUCrJ, 2021
The six natural silicates known as asbestos may induce fatal lung diseases via inhalation, with a latency period of decades. The five amphibole asbestos species are assumed to be biopersistent in the lungs, and for this reason they are considered much ...
Carlotta Giacobbe, Dario Di Giuseppe, Alessandro Zoboli, Magdalena Lassinantti Gualtieri, Paola Bonasoni, Anna Moliterni, Nicola Corriero, Angela Altomare, Jonathan Wright, Alessandro F. Gualtieri   +9 more
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