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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, Antonio Gasparrini, Alessandro Marinaccio   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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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Environmental asbestos exposure and mesothelioma cases in Bari, Apulia region, southern Italy: a national interest site for land reclamation

Environmental science and pollution research international, 2018
Asbestos is an environmental carcinogen, and asbestos-related diseases are a global-scale public health issue. We report three cases (one male and two females) of pleural malignant mesothelioma (PMM) caused by environmental asbestos exposure reported by ...
L. Vimercati, D. Cavone, P. Lovreglio, L. de Maria, A. Caputi, G. M. Ferri, G. Serio   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Impact of Secondary Prevention on Mortality in the Building Trades National Medical Screening Program: Effectiveness of Occupational High‐Risk Management

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Since 1997 the Building Trades National Medical Screening Program (BTMed) has offered medical exams to construction workers employed in US nuclear weapons facilities. The process consists of two steps: (1) a detailed work history interview; and (2) a medical exam.
Knut Ringen, John M. Dement, Marianne Cloeren, Sammy Almashat, William Grier, Stella Hines, Laura S. Welch, Kim Cranford, Scott Haas, Patricia Quinn, Anna Chen, Miles Fisher   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

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, Hongseok Jang, Seungyoung So   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Twenty‐Year Longitudinal Cohort Study of Cancer Incidence and Mortality Among Workers in Two Primary Aluminum Prebake Smelters

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Classified as carcinogenic to humans by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, aluminum production has been transitioning towards lower polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon‐emitting prebake smelters. This study explored the risk of cancer and mortality over 20 years follow‐up among a cohort of aluminum prebake smelter workers ...
Natasha Kinsman, Christina Dimitriadis, Anthony Del Monaco, Geza Benke, Sophia Xie, Malcolm Sim, StellaMay Gwini, Karen Walker‐Bone   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Asbestos and insurance interests continue to use discredited scientific argument to sell asbestos and to deny justice to asbestos victims

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, Eliezer João de Souza, Fernanda Giannasi, Evelyn Glensk, Marc Hindry, Linda Reinstein, Adrian Prieto, Gopal Krishna, Laurie Kazan-Allen, Eric Jonckheere, Robert Vojakovic, Pierrette Iselin   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

SHOULD ROMANIANS BE CONCERNED WITH THE ASBESTOS BURDEN? RESEARCH OVERVIEW AND CONTEXT

Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai: Geographia, 2021
Although the negative effects of airborne asbestos fibers upon human health had been known for a long time, asbestos was widely used all over the world. Between 1980 and 2010, many countries have banned asbestos production and trade; among them, Romania ...
Gabriela MUNTEANU
doaj   +1 more source

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, Birarda, G, Borelli, Violetta, Calligaro, C, Canzonieri, V, Cotte, M, Gianoncelli, A, Hesse, B, Luisi, F, Melato, M, Pascolo, Lorella, Rizzardi, Clara, Salom\ue9, M, Vaccari, L, Zabucchi, Giuliano   +14 more
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Exposure to occupational inhalants and the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Arthritis &Rheumatology, Accepted Article.
Objective: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by joint pain, swelling, and stiffness. While smoking is a well‐established risk factor for RA, the role of occupational inhalants in RA development is less well recognized.
Qianwen Liu, Xin Song, Emily Mauro, Yuan Jiang, Klementy Shchetynsky, PLars Klareskog, Lars Alfredsson, Xia Jiang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source