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The “Peripheral Plaintiff”: Duty Determinations in Take-Home Asbestos Cases [PDF]
, 2012 Since the 1970s, litigation concerning the dangers of asbestos in the workplace has transformed from a few workers’ compensation claims to hundreds of thousands of lawsuits against companies in nearly every industry. While the typical plaintiff in these
Kotlarsky, Yelena
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AXA General Insurance Ltd v Lord Advocate : analysis [PDF]
, 2012 Discusses the Supreme Court decision in AXA General Insurance Ltd, Petitioners on whether Scottish legislation which reversed a House of Lords ruling concerning the actionability of certain asbestos-related conditions breached insurers ...
Hogg M, Lyall F, Orr N
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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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Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.Objective Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by joint pain, swelling, and stiffness. Although smoking is a well‐established risk factor for RA, the role of occupational inhalants in RA development is less well recognized.
Qianwen Liu +7 more
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What Courts Can Do in the Face of the Never-Ending Asbestos Crisis [PDF]
, 2001 The purpose of this article is not to argue that claimants suffering from serious asbestos-related diseases should not be compensated. To the contrary, one of the points of this article is that absent some change in the way asbestos claims are resolved ...
Rothstein, Paul F
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Differential protein folding and chemical changes in lung tissues exposed to asbestos or particulates [PDF]
, 2015 Environmental and occupational inhalants may induce a large number of pulmonary diseases, with asbestos exposure being the most risky. The mechanisms are clearly related to chemical composition and physical and surface properties of materials.
Bedolla Diana, E +14 more
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The Journal of Scientific Practice and Integrity, 2019 Chrysotile asbestos represents ninety-five percent of all asbestos sold over the past century. For more than two decades the global asbestos trade has consisted entirely of chrysotile asbestos.
Kathleen Ruff +11 more
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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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Evaluation of Mineral Carbonation of Asbestos-Tex and Analysis of Airborne Asbestos Concentrations
Buildings, 2022 Asbestos is a human carcinogen that causes diseases, such as lung cancer and malignant mesothelioma. In Korea, approximately 1.23 × 109 kg of asbestos raw materials was imported for about 30 years.
Yongtaek Lim +2 more
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International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.What's New? The establishment in 2014 of the population‐based cancer registry (PBCR) of Bhutan created new opportunities for understanding national cancer trends, which previously were anticipated from data in neighbouring countries. This study presents the first nine‐year summary of cancer patterns in Bhutan, derived from PBCR data. From 2014 to 2022,
Phub Tshering +9 more
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