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Estimating past inhalation exposure to asbestos: a tool for risk attribution and disease screening [PDF]
, 2017 Introduction: Late presentation is common in mesothelioma. Reliable assessment of past exposure to asbestos is a necessary first step for risk attribution and for the development of a future screening programme. Such a programme could maximise access
Blyth, Kevin G. +2 more
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Particle and Fibre Toxicology, 2010 The unique hazard posed to the pleural mesothelium by asbestos has engendered concern in potential for a similar risk from high aspect ratio nanoparticles (HARN) such as carbon nanotubes.
K. Donaldson +3 more
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Theorizing Waste as a Technique of Power in Capitalistic Stakeholder Relations
Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Waste is an important socio‐ecological challenge of contemporary capitalism, contributing to climate change and environmental degradation. Despite its pervasiveness and its impacts on diverse stakeholders, it yet remains largely underexplored in management and organization studies.
Elise Lobbedez +2 more
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Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2021 Pleural mesothelioma is a disease with a very poor prognosis. Here, we report a mesothelioma patient who survived for 5 years and a half. As a result of the autopsy, the tumor was diagnosed as a myxoid variant, which is internationally proposed as a ...
Keiichi Mizuhashi +2 more
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Comments on the 2014 Helsinki Consensus Report on Asbestos
Annals of Global Health, 2016 Background: The Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH) convened an Expert Committee in 2014 to update the 1997 and 2000 Helsinki criteria on asbestos, asbestosis, and cancer.
Philip J. Landrigan, Collegium Ramazzini
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Reconstituted asbestos matrix for fuel cells [PDF]
, 1975 Method is described for reprocessing commercially available asbestos matrix stock to yield greater porosity and bubble pressure (due to increased surface tension), improved homogeneity, and greater ...
Mcbryar, H.
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Magnetic anisotropy of asbestos fibres [PDF]
, 1999 Original article can be found at : http://jap.aip.org/jap/ Copyright American Institute of PhysicsThe anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility of single asbestos fibers is measured.
Blauuw C. +6 more
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Journal of Risk and Insurance, EarlyView.Abstract We estimate the causal effect of attorney involvement on the indemnity benefits workers receive after their injuries. To address the fundamental challenge that claims and injuries may differ on unmeasured dimensions that affect both attorney involvement and benefits received, we propose and use two instruments.
Bogdan Savych, David Neumark
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Asbestos Induces Reduction of Tumor Immunity
Clinical and Developmental Immunology, 2011 Asbestos-related cancers such as malignant mesothelioma and lung cancer are an important issue in the world. There are many conflicts concerning economical considerations and medical evidence for these cancers and much confusion regarding details of the ...
Naoko Kumagai-Takei +7 more
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Environmental aspects of remote sensing for the classification of asbestos industry impact on the landscape changes in Cyprus [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information SciencesThe Industrial Revolution led to the commercial exploitation of asbestos in Cyprus. Cyprus has the second largest asbestos deposits in Europe, after Italy.
E. Wilk, M. Krówczyńska, B. Zagajewski
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