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Occupational exposure to asbestos and cardiovascular related diseases: A meta-analysis

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2015
Asbestos has become one of the leading causes of death among occupational workers in the world. The association between asbestos and cardiovascular disease is less reported.
Yi Rong, Xin Luo, Zhihong Zhang, Xiuqing Cui, Yuewei Liu, Weihong Chen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pollution and Haunted Eco‐Histories: Silent Hill and Silent Horrors in Centralia, Pennsylvania

Popular Culture Review, Volume 37, Issue 2, December 2026.
ABSTRACT Centralia is a former mining town and borough in Northeastern Pennsylvania, whose population has been steadily declining since the Mine Fire of 1962—a fire that still burns today. The “horrors” of living in Centralia are reflected in horror media set in postindustrial mining towns like Silent Hill.
Maz Jardon
wiley   +1 more source

Associations of Outdoor Air Pollution With Incidence of Cancers Other Than Lung Cancer in a Large US Prospective Cohort

International Journal of Cancer, Volume 159, Issue 6, Page 1440-1454, 15 September 2026.
Associations between outdoor air pollution and cancers other than lung cancer remain unclear, particularly in the context of tobacco use. Here, the authors assessed possible links between ambient air pollutant exposure and incidence of 20 non‐lung cancers among adults followed over a 25‐year period in the United States.
W. Ryan Diver, Lauren R. Teras, Emily L. Deubler, Alpa V. Patel, Michelle C. Turner   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Doenças asbesto-relacionadas Asbestos-related diseases

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, Jefferson Benedito Pires de Freitas, Luiz Eduardo Nery   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Amiantus Program in Poland – 20 years of implementation

Medycyna Pracy, 2020
Background Despite the ban on the production of asbestos-containing materials, introduced in Poland over 20 years ago, new cases of asbestos-related diseases are still being recorded.
Beata Świątkowska
doaj   +1 more source

Asbestos-Related Diseases in Automobile Mechanics [PDF]

The Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 2011
Automobile mechanics have been exposed to asbestos in the past, mainly due to the presence of chrysotile asbestos in brakes and clutches. Despite the large number of automobile mechanics, little is known about the non-malignant respiratory diseases observed in this population. The aim of this retrospective multicenter study was to analyse the frequency
Jacques, Ameille, Nicole, Rosenberg, Mireille, Matrat, Alexis, Descatha, Dominique, Mompoint, Lounis, Hamzi, Catherine, Atassi, Manuela, Vasile, Robert, Garnier, Jean-Claude, Pairon   +9 more
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TRPA1 Regulates Fibrosis‐Associated Transcriptional Pathways in Human Lung Epithelial Cells

Basic &Clinical Pharmacology &Toxicology, Volume 139, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) is a cation channel originally identified in lung fibroblasts and extensively studied in sensory neurons, where it is associated with pain and neurogenic inflammation. We and others have recently shown that TRPA1 is also expressed in lung epithelial cells and that its expression is regulated by ...
Leevi Halonen, Samu Luostarinen, Ida Valjus, Julia Vistbacka, Antti Pemmari, Eeva Moilanen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fractionated low-dose radiotherapy primes the tumor microenvironment for immunotherapy in a murine mesothelioma model

Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy
Combination immune checkpoint inhibitors (nivolumab and ipilimumab) are currently a first-line treatment for mesothelioma; however, not all patients respond. The efficacy of treatment is influenced by the tumor microenvironment.
Rebecca A. D’Alonzo, Synat Keam, Suki Gill, Pejman Rowshanfarzad, Anna K. Nowak, Martin A. Ebert, Alistair M. Cook   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The 2025 ATS/ERS update of the international multidisciplinary classification of the interstitial pneumonias: implications for the pathologist

Histopathology, Volume 89, Issue 3, Page 403-425, September 2026.
This review highlights changes relevant to pathologists in the updated multidisciplinary classification of interstitial pneumonias. Changes include expansion beyond idiopathic disease, subclassification as interstitial (fibrotic vs non‐fibrotic) and alveolar filling disorders, expansion to include additional patterns (e.g.
Andrew G Nicholson, Wendy A. Cooper, Aurelie Fabre, William Travis, Lida P. Hariri, Ayodeji Adegunsoye, Sara Piciucchi, Christopher J Ryerson   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Law and Ethics of Nanotechnology: Traditional Legal Tools Advancing Nanomedicine

physica status solidi (a), Volume 223, Issue 15, 5 August 2026.
Science fiction from the last decades is rapidly becoming science in daily life. For example, nanotechnology does cool things like creating driverless cars for people who are blind and storing solar energy to drive electric cars. Nanotechnology makes possible 3D printing of housing, clothing, and food and miraculous treatments for previously incurable ...
Ilise Feitshans
wiley   +1 more source