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Interstitial lung disease : raising the index of suspicion in primary care [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
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D Zibrak, Joseph, Price, David
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Can BAP1 expression loss in mesothelial cells be an indicator of malignancy? [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Pathology and Translational Medicine, 2020
Background Malignant mesothelioma is a highly aggressive tumor that can be confused with a benign mesothelial lesion, especially cytomorphologic lesions. BRCA1-associated protein 1 (BAP1) acts as a tumor suppressor.
Hanife Gulnihal Ozdemir   +2 more
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Comorbidities and Causes of Death of Patients With Asbestosis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Objective: Comorbidities are common and affect the prognosis of patients with interstitial lung diseases, but few previous studies have investigated patients with asbestosis.Methods: We collected comorbidities and death causes of 116 patients with ...
Kaarteenaho, Riitta   +4 more
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Occupational Burden of Asbestos-Related Diseases in Korea, 1998–2013: Asbestosis, Mesothelioma, Lung Cancer, Laryngeal Cancer, and Ovarian Cancer

open access: yesJournal of Korean medical science, 2018
Background Asbestos exposure causes asbestos-related diseases (ARDs) including asbestosis, malignant mesothelioma, lung cancer, laryngeal cancer, and ovarian cancer. Although Korea used substantial amounts of asbestos in the past, no study has focused on
Dong-Mug Kang   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The significance of nanoparticles in particle- induced pulmonary fibrosis

open access: yesMcGill Journal of Medicine, 2020
Exposure to airborne nanoparticles contributes to many chronic pulmonary diseases. Nanoparticles, classified as anthropogenic and natural particles, and fibers of diameters less than 100 nm, have unrestricted access to most areas of the lung due to their
James Byrne, John A Baugh
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Association between increased small airway obstruction and asbestos exposure in patients with asbestosis

open access: yesClinical Respiratory Journal, 2018
Asbestos exposure may cause asbestos‐related lung diseases including asbestosis, pleural abnormalities and malignancies. The role of asbestos exposure in the development of small airway obstruction remains controversial.
Xiaoli Yang   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The occurrence of asbestos-related diseases among former employees of asbestos processing plants in Poland

open access: yesMedycyna Pracy, 2019
Background Despite the fact that asbestos is no longer used in production in Poland, there are still new cases of asbestos-related diseases among workers previously exposed to asbestos dust.
Beata Świątkowska
doaj   +1 more source

Primary Malignant Mesothelioma of the Liver: Case Report and Review of the Literature

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2020
Introduction: Primary malignant mesothelioma of the liver is an extremely rare cancer, with only 16 cases reported in the literature so far. Diagnosis is challenging due to morphological similarity with common liver cancers and the extreme rarity of the ...
Subash Ghimire   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Thermally treated granite slurry waste as a mitigating agent for sisal fiber mineralization in fiber‐cement composites

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores the use of thermally treated granite slurry waste to mitigate the mineralization of sisal fibers in fiber‐cement composites. Granite waste was thermally treated at 600°C and 900°C, and the treated materials were analyzed using X‐ray fluorescence (XRF), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and thermogravimetric ...
Maximo A. U. Gutiérrez   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Evolution of Asbestos Bankruptcy Trust Distribution Plans [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The evolution of asbestos litigation from the early 1970s to the present has become the source of much analysis. One commentator divides this history into several phases: the heroic phase, bureaucratic floundering, adaptation and maturity, search for ...
McGovern, Francis
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