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PLoS 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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Diagnostic Cytopathology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Mesothelioma is a rare tumor that arises from the serosal cells lining the serous cavities, most commonly the pleura followed by the peritoneum. Presenting symptoms include pleuritic pain and bloody effusions that recur. Although cytologic analysis cannot determine the mesothelial subtype or in situ from invasive disease, the ...
Suzanne M. Selvaggi
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Safety 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
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Enhancing the efficacy of immunotherapy using radiotherapy
Clinical & Translational Immunology, 2020 Recent clinical breakthroughs in cancer immunotherapy, especially with immune checkpoint blockade, offer great hope for cancer sufferers – and have greatly changed the landscape of cancer treatment.
Synat Keam +4 more
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Current causes of mesothelioma: how has the asbestos ban changed the perspective?
Biomedical 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
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Water Electrolysis Technologies for Extraterrestrial Water Resource Conversion
EcoEnergy, EarlyView.This paper reviews four water electrolysis technologies for extraterrestrial water conversion: alkaline water electrolysis, proton exchange membrane water electrolysis, solid oxide water electrolysis, and anion exchange membrane water electrolysis. It elaborates on their mechanisms, components, and integration, highlighting challenges such as water ...
Yawen Jiang +6 more
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Geospatial Health, 2018 Asbestos is carcinogenic to humans and exposure to this substance can cause a wide range of diseases. In Poland 1997, a statutory ban was introduced on the production, use and marketing of products containing asbestos. The National Programme for Asbestos
Małgorzata Krówczyńska, Ewa Wilk
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Scientific 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
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Asbestos Consumption and Malignant Mesothelioma Mortality Trends in the Major User Countries
Annals 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
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ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.This review is about material design based on engineering multilevel sites from theoretical calculation and synthetic routes to mechanism, structure–activity relationship, challenges and perspectives for boosting hydrogen production in alkaline electrolyte. Electrolytic water splitting is a clean, carbon‐free method for producing green hydrogen and has
Ke Zhang +9 more
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