Evaluation of soluble mesothelin-related peptides and MSLN genetic variability in asbestos-related diseases [PDF]
Radiology and Oncology, 2020 Asbestos exposure is associated with increased risk of several diseases, including malignant mesothelioma (MM). Cell surface glycoprotein mesothelin is overexpressed in MM and serum soluble mesothelin-related peptides (SMRP) were already proposed as a ...
Goricar Katja +4 more
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The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2020 Knowledge of asbestos-related diseases has been accumulating for over one hundred years as the industrial value of asbestos was recognised for the strength of its fibres and their resistance to destruction, resulting in increasing production and use until the multiple health effects have become apparent. Deposition in the lung parenchyma results in an
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An Approach to Overcome the Limitations of Surveillance of Asbestos Related Diseases in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: What We Learned from the Sibaté Study in Colombia [PDF]
Annals of Global Health, 2023 Introduction: The asbestos industry began its operations in Colombia in 1942 with the establishment of an asbestos-cement facility in Sibaté, located in the Department of Cundinamarca.
Juan Pablo Ramos-Bonilla +10 more
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Doenças asbesto-relacionadas Asbestos-related diseases [PDF]
Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2006 Apresenta-se uma revisão bibliográfica das doenças asbesto-relacionadas. São discutidos e atualizados os critérios diagnósticos, as características radiológicas, tomográficas e funcionais das alterações benignas de pleura, da asbestose, do câncer de ...
Mário Terra Filho +2 more
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Prospective study of asbestos-related diseases incidence cases in primary health care in an area of Barcelona province [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2010 Background Asbestos related diseases include a number of conditions due to inhalation of asbestos fibres at work, at home or in the environment, such as pleural mesothelioma, asbestosis and calcified pleural plaques.
Orriols Ramon +9 more
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Burden of Mortality from Asbestos-Related Diseases in Italy. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021 Fazzo L +15 more
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Risk Factors of Mortality from All Asbestos-Related Diseases: A Competing Risk Analysis. [PDF]
Can Respir J, 2017 Background. The mortality from all malignant and nonmalignant asbestos-related diseases remains unknown. The authors assessed the incidence and risk factors for all asbestos-related deaths. Methods.
Abós-Herràndiz R +10 more
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The MexTAg collaborative cross: host genetics affects asbestos related disease latency, but has little influence once tumours develop [PDF]
Frontiers in ToxicologyObjectives: This study combines two innovative mouse models in a major gene discovery project to assess the influence of host genetics on asbestos related disease (ARD).
Scott A. Fisher +26 more
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The Global Health Dimensions of Asbestos and Asbestos-Related Diseases [PDF]
Annals of Global Health, 2016 The Collegium Ramazzini (CR) reaffirms its long-standing position that responsible public health action is to ban all extraction and use of asbestos, including chrysotile. This current statement updates earlier statements by the CR with a focus on global
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Asbestos-related diseases in mineworkers: a clinicopathological study [PDF]
ERJ Open Research, 2017 The accurate diagnosis of asbestos-related diseases is important because of past and current asbestos exposures. This study evaluated the reliability of clinical diagnoses of asbestos-related diseases in former mineworkers using autopsies as the ...
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