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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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The asbestos fibre burden in human lungs: new insights into the chrysotile debate
European Respiratory Journal, 2017 The traceability of asbestos fibres in human lungs is a matter of discussion especially for chrysotile. This issue is of high significance for differential diagnosis, risk assessment and occupational compensation.
I. Feder +5 more
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Diagnostic Cytopathology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Malignant mesothelioma (MM) is a rare yet aggressive neoplasm that arises from mesothelial cells lining the thoracic and abdominal cavities, the pericardium, and the tunica testis. Characterized by rapid progression, high invasiveness, and a poor prognosis, MM poses significant clinical challenges. SMARCB1, also referred to as INI‐1, hSNF5, or
Jun Yang +4 more
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Toxics, 2023 Malignant mesothelioma and asbestos-related lung cancer are typically associated with a poor prognosis. However, it has been observed that some patients with these cancers survive significantly longer than the average survival period.
Min-Sung Kang +3 more
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Asbestos Trust Transparency [PDF]
, 2018 Originally and for many years, the primary defendants in asbestos cases were companies that mined asbestos or manufactured amphibole-containing thermal insulation.
Behrens, Mark A.
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Noninvasive Disease Diagnostics: The Swiss Contribution Highlights to Breath Analysis Research
Helvetica Chimica Acta, EarlyView.Breath analysis networks across Switzerland linking health monitoring, clinical applications, population studies, and data‐driven public health decisions. ABSTRACT To celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Swiss Chemical Society, we present a review and perspective to highlight the recent research in breath analysis that has been conducted in ...
Stefan James Swift +6 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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Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2017 Objectives To estimate the economic burden of lung cancer and mesothelioma due to occupational and para-occupational asbestos exposure in Canada. Methods We estimate the lifetime cost of newly diagnosed lung cancer and mesothelioma cases associated with ...
E. Tompa +7 more
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Respirology, EarlyView.This Mendelian randomization study provides genetic evidence supporting a causal effect of rheumatoid arthritis on the risk of interstitial lung disease, highlighting potential shared mechanisms between autoimmune arthritis and pulmonary fibrosis. ABSTRACT Background and Objectives Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease that is ...
Mengyu Zhang +5 more
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Scientific DataTime-critical transcriptional events in the immune microenvironment are important for response to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB), yet these events are difficult to characterise and remain incompletely understood.
Wee Loong Chin +13 more
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