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A patient with epithelioid pleural mesothelioma (Myxoid variant) who survived for a long period without treatment

open access: yesRespiratory 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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Asbestos awareness among the residents of St. Kitts and Nevis: a cross-sectional study

open access: yesGlobalization and Health, 2022
Background High levels of public awareness regarding the hazards of asbestos, rights to health, and benefits of an asbestos-free country can increase advocacy and political commitment to a total ban on asbestos. We aimed to investigate asbestos awareness
Denrick Jeffers   +3 more
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Occupational and environmental asbestos exposure and the risk of lung cancer in Korea: A case-control study in South Chungcheong Province of Korea.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2021
Despite the use of large amounts of asbestos in the 1990s, few studies have been conducted in Korea on occupational and environmental asbestos exposure and lung cancer risk.
Da-An Huh   +5 more
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Current causes of mesothelioma: how has the asbestos ban changed the perspective?

open access: yesBiomedical Papers, 2023
The association of mesothelioma, a lethal lung disease, with asbestos has led to an absolute ban on asbestos in at least 55 countries worldwide. The purpose of this paper is to review residual exposure to asbestos as well as other emerging causes of ...
Magdalena Janosikova   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Asbestos in Talc [PDF]

open access: yesEnvironmental Health Perspectives, 1974
Talc deposits include asbestos minerals such as chrysotile and amphiboles that may be carried over into consumer products. Optical microscopy and x-ray diffraction analyses may not reveal their presence. Examples are given of electron microscopy procedures that permit detection and measurement.
openaire   +2 more sources

Asbestos and Asbestos-related Diseases in Vietnam: In reference to the International Labor Organization/World Health Organization National Asbestos Profile

open access: yesSafety and Health at Work, 2013
This paper describes progress on formulating a national asbestos profile for the country of Vietnam. The Center of Asbestos Resource, Vietnam, formulated a National Profile on Asbestos-related Occupational Health, with due reference to the International ...
Van Hai Pham   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of Deposition and Clearance of Asbestos (Detected by SEM-EDS) in Lungs of Deceased Subjects Environmentally and/or Occupationally Exposed in Broni (Pavia, Northern Italy)

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2021
Biodurability is one of the main determinants of asbestos hazardousness for human health. Very little is known about the actual persistence of asbestos in lungs and its clearance, nor about differences in this regard between the different mineralogical ...
Silvia D. VisonĂ    +12 more
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The Global Spread of Asbestos

open access: yesAnnals of Global Health, 2014
Background: Asbestos continues to be used in large quantities around the world and to be an important commodity in global trade. Objective: To assess and quantify current global patterns of asbestos production, export and use; to examine global patterns ...
Arthur L. Frank, T.K. Joshi
doaj   +1 more source

Characteristics of asbestos fibers in lung tissue from occupational and environmental asbestos exposure of lung cancer patients in Busan, Korea

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2020
The Asbestos Injury Relief Act in Korea requires that asbestos exposure be assessed through clinical examination and chest computed tomography (CT). However, a more specific measurement of asbestos characteristics in the lung tissue may be appropriate ...
Hyun-Sung Jung   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Asbestos Consumption and Malignant Mesothelioma Mortality Trends in the Major User Countries

open access: yesAnnals of Global Health, 2023
Background: The causal association between mesothelioma and asbestos exposure is conclusive, and many studies have proved that the trend in asbestos use is a strong predictor of the pattern in mesothelioma cases with an adequate latency time (generally ...
Claudio Gariazzo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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