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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
doaj   +1 more source

Circular Economy in Crisis Contexts: An Assessment Framework for Post‐Disaster Building Stock Toward Strategic Autonomy

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Post‐disaster contexts generate large volumes of damaged building stock with significant, yet often unquantified, circularity potential. Through the lens of strategic management, the circular economy emerges as a transformative pathway to strengthen systemic resilience by reducing dependencies on external resources and mitigating supply chain ...
Tetiana Shevchenko   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Asbestos Programs Branch Update [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
Newsletter of the Texas Department of Health Asbestos Programs Branch discussing news and updates of the agency; changes to laws, regulations, and other policies related to asbestos usage and removal; and other asbestos-related ...
Texas. Department of Health. Asbestos Programs Branch.
core   +3 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

Enhancing the efficacy of immunotherapy using radiotherapy

open access: yesClinical & 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
doaj   +1 more source

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

One century of teaching, research, and innovation in chemical engineering in Mexico: The role of chemical engineering in the background and future of polymer science and industrial production in Mexico

open access: yesThe Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
Timeline of key academic milestones and individuals that shaped chemical engineering at FQ‐UNAM and in Mexico. Abstract One hundred years after the beginning of the teaching of Chemical Engineering in Mexico, which started in 1925 in the former National School of Chemical Sciences, currently Faculty of Chemistry (FQ) at National Autonomous University ...
Patricia Pérez‐Salinas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economic Impacts on British Columbia of Transporting Asbestos Fibre on the Cassiar-Stewart Highway: [PDF]

open access: yes, 1977
The purpose of this brief is to introduce officials of the British Columbia Government to the concept of an alternative transport route for carrying asbestos fibre from Cassiar, B.C., to Vancouver for furtherance to world markets.

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Surveillance of Non-Malignant Asbestos-Related Diseases in an Exposed Population: A Scoping Review

open access: yesAnnals of Global Health
Background: Asbestos remains a significant global public health issue, with approximately 255,000 deaths attributed to exposure each year, primarily through occupational contact.
Camilo de la Pava-Cortés   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spatial analysis of asbestos exposure and occupational health care in Poland during the period 2004-2013

open access: yesGeospatial 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
doaj   +1 more source

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