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Mongolia: Failure of Total Banning of Asbestos
Annals of Global Health, 2023 The primary uses of asbestos in Mongolia are in thermal power plants, construction and at railway companies. There is, however, limited data on both asbestos consumption and asbestos related disease (ARD) in Mongolia.
Naransukh Damiran, Arthur L. Frank
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Malignant Mesothelioma and Its Non-Asbestos Causes.
Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 2018 CONTEXT - Although many mesotheliomas are related to asbestos exposure, not all are, and there is increasing information on other causes of mesothelioma. OBJECTIVE - To provide a review of non-asbestos causes for malignant mesothelioma. DATA SOURCES -
R. Attanoos +4 more
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KONA Powder and Particle Journal, 2014 This paper reports a historical description of the "Brazilian Method For The Determination Of Airborne Inorganic Fibres Concentration (including asbestos fibres) -Membrane Filter Method" since the creation ...
Rosemary S. Ishii Zamataro +1 more
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Asbestos, Smoking and Lung Cancer: An Update
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019 This review updates the scientific literature concerning asbestos and lung cancer, emphasizing cumulative exposure and synergism between asbestos exposure and tobacco smoke, and proposes an evidence-based and equitable approach to compensation for ...
S. Klebe +3 more
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Molecular Oncology, 2018 Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is an aggressive malignancy with very limited therapeutic options. Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signals play important roles in mesothelioma cell growth.
Karin Schelch +6 more
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BMC Cancer, 2017 Background Cytotoxic chemotherapeutics form the cornerstone of systemic treatment of many cancers. Patients are dosed at maximum tolerated dose (MTD), which is carefully determined in phase I studies.
Wayne J. Aston +5 more
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Surface reactivity of amphibole asbestos. A comparison between crocidolite and tremolite [PDF]
, 2017 Among asbestos minerals, fibrous riebeckite (crocidolite) and tremolite share the amphibole structure but largely differ in terms of their iron content and oxidation state. In asbestos toxicology, iron-generated free radicals are largely held as one of
Andreozzi, Giovanni B. +4 more
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A postmortem case control study of asbestos burden in lungs of malignant mesothelioma cases
Journal of Translational Medicine, 2023 Background Asbestos lung content is regarded as the most reliable tool for causal attribution of malignant mesothelioma (MM) to previous asbestos exposures. However, there is a lack of studies on asbestos burden in lungs of MM patients in comparison with
S. D. Visonà +8 more
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Environmental 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.
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Hemolysis and its impact on cell-free microRNA biomarkers
Frontiers in Genetics, 2013 Cell-free microRNAs in plasma and serum have become a promising source of biomarkers for various diseases. Despite rapid progress in this field, there remains a lack of consensus regarding optimal quantification methods, reference genes and quality ...
Michaela B Kirschner +7 more
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