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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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Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, 2015 IntroductionAlthough the use of asbestos has been banned in several industrialized countries, many workers continue to be exposed in asbestos repair and removal work, and asbestos is still widely used in various newly industrialized, rapidly developing ...
H. Wolff +4 more
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Polymer Composites, EarlyView.Effect of resin on friction performance and particle emissions in vehicle polymer brake pads composites. ABSTRACT Brake emissions that occur during braking in disc brakes cause significant environmental pollution, and the measurement of particulate matter (PM) emissions resulting from braking has gained importance in recent years.
Hicri Yavuz
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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
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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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Epidemiology, 2017 Background: Evidence is limited regarding risk and the shape of the exposure–response curve at low asbestos exposure levels. We estimated the exposure–response for occupational asbestos exposure and assessed the joint effect of asbestos exposure and ...
A. Olsson +46 more
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A Unified Whole Lung PBK Model for Inhalational Uptake of Gases and Aerosols in Men
CPT: Pharmacometrics &Systems Pharmacology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Assessing the risk or benefit of an inhaled substance is challenging due to the variety of forms it can take (gas, vapor, particle, or droplet) and the complex biological processes involved in its uptake and retention. Physiologically based kinetic (PBK) models offer an alternative to in vivo experiments.
Norman Nowak +2 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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Conceptualizing Resilience, Sustainability and Smartness for Building Fire Risk Management
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Resilience, sustainability, and smartness (ReSuSm) within the building construction sector impact, or are impacted by building fires in one way or another. Hence, consideration of ReSuSm for building fire risk management (BFRM) is imperative to enhance safety and mitigate adverse impacts.
Uttama Barua +3 more
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Live-cell imaging of macrophage phagocytosis of asbestos fibers under fluorescence microscopy
Genes and Environment, 2019 Background Frustrated phagocytosis occurs when an asbestos fiber > 10 μm in length is engulfed imperfectly by a macrophage, and it is believed to be associated with chromosomal instability.
Takenori Ishida +6 more
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