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Morphologic Comparisons of Recrystallized and Neocrystallized Fibrous Amphibole Asbestos: Implications for Corresponding Health Risk Potential

, 2023
The presence of naturally-occurring asbestos (NOA) is increasingly concerning for scientists, health and regulatory agencies, and citizens living in impacted areas.
Renkes, Natalie G.
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J Immunotoxicol [PDF]

Exposure to amphibole asbestos has been associated with production of autoantibodies in mice and humans, and increases the risk of systemic autoimmune disease. However, epidemiological studies of chrysotile exposure have not indicated a similar induction

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Occurrence, Mineralogical Characteristics, and Management Strategies for Naturally Occurring Asbestos in the Midwestern Korean Peninsula

Applied Sciences
This study implemented an integrated mineralogical and microscopic workflow to identify naturally occurring asbestos (NOA) in former mining areas of H County in the central-western Korean Peninsula and to derive practical implications for long-term site ...
Jung-Min Kim, Taehwan Lee, Hongmok Jo, Si-Kyung Cho   +3 more
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Asbestos: current issues related to cancer and to uses in developing countries Asbesto: seu emprego nos países em desenvolvimento e questões relacionadas ao câncer

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 1998
Asbestos is one of the main occupational carcinogens recognized and studied in the literature. Its uses have undergone major changes in recent decades, with severe restrictions on commercial amphiboles according to different patterns: in developed ...
Eduardo Algranti
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ASBESTOS LUNG BURDEN DETERMINATION IN AN URBAN POPULATION FROM MILAN, ITALY. ANALYSIS OF A NECROSCOPIC SERIES FROM 2009 TO 2011. [PDF]

, 2012
The present study analyzed the asbestos lung burden from a necroscopic series of the Milan general population. The study was performed on 55 cases free from asbestos-related disease undergone a judicial autopsy at the Forensic Institute of Forensic ...
M.B. Casali
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Characterisation of chemically related asbestos amphiboles of actinolite: proposal for a specific differentiation in the diagram (Si apfu versus Mg/Mg+Fe2+)

International Journal of Metrology and Quality Engineering, 2018
Aggregates and rocks from quarries located in metropolitan France and New Caledonia, all likely to contain asbestiform amphiboles, were analysed by a routine laboratory (AD-LAB). Morphological observations were made using transmission electron microscopy
Misseri Maxime, Lahondere Didier
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Asbestos fibre identification vs. evaluation of asbestos hazard in ophiolitic rock mélanges, a case study from the Ligurian Alps (Italy)

, 2014
In recent years, the high incidence of harmful health effects through inhalation of airborne asbestos from amphibole-bearing rock mélanges has been thoroughly documented.
Gianluca Vignaroli, BALLIRANO, Paolo, Federico Rossetti, Belardi, Girolamo, Rossetti, Federico, Girolamo Belardi, Vignaroli, Gianluca   +6 more
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Mechanisms of oxidative stress and alterations in gene expression by Libby six-mix in human mesothelial cells

Particle and Fibre Toxicology, 2010
Background Exposures to an amphibole fiber in Libby, Montana cause increases in malignant mesothelioma (MM), a tumor of the pleural and peritoneal cavities with a poor prognosis. Affymetrix microarray/GeneSifter analysis was used to determine alterations
Hillegass Jedd M, Shukla Arti, MacPherson Maximilian B, Lathrop Sherrill A, Alexeeva Vlada, Perkins Timothy N, van der Vliet Albert, Vacek Pamela M, Gunter Mickey E, Mossman Brooke T   +9 more
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Talcose entre artesãos em pedra-sabão em uma localidade rural do Município de Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brasil Talc pneumoconiosis among soapstone handicraft workers in a rural area of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2003
A talcose é uma pneumoconiose ainda pouco estudada em nosso meio. Sua ocorrência foi investigada no Distrito de Mata dos Palmitos, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brasil, entre artesãos em pedra-sabão, que trabalham em produção de base familiar, de caráter ...
Olívia Maria de Paula Alves Bezerra, Elizabeth Costa Dias, Márcio Antônio Moreira Galvão, Ana Paula Scalia Carneiro   +3 more
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Evaluation of Employee Exposures to Libby Amphibole Asbestos During Forest Management Activities in the Kootenai National Forest

The Health Hazard Evaluation Program received a request from managers serving the Kootenai National Forest in Montana. The request concerned employees' potential exposure to Libby amphibole during forest management and fire suppression activities in an ...

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