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Pleural plaques in smoking-associated fibrosis and pulmonary asbestosis
International Journal of COPD, 2015 Rahul G Sangani,1 Andrew J Ghio,2 John E Parker11Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA; 2Environmental Public Health Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, US ...
Sangani RG, Ghio AJ, Parker JE
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From Claiming Credit to Avoiding Blame: The Evolution of Congressional Strategy for Asbestos Management [PDF]
, 1991 This paper develops a theory synthesizing credit-claiming and blame-avoidance explanations of congressional behavior and evaluates it against asbestos policy in the United States from the I920s through the I980s.
Twight, Charlotte
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An awfully big adventure : Strathclyde's digital library plan [PDF]
, 2009 Describes how the University of Strathclyde is choosing to give priority to e-content and services instead of a new ...
Law, Derek
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Asbestosis in an asbestos composite mill at Mumbai: A prevalence study
Environmental Health, 2005 Background Of an estimated 100000 workers exposed to asbestos in India, less than 30 have been compensated. The reasons for such a small number are: refusal by management sponsored studies to grant medical certifications to workers suffering from ...
Kanhere Vijay, Murlidhar V
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Explaining the Flood of Asbestos Litigation: Consolidation, Bifurcation, and Bouquet Trials [PDF]
The number of asbestos personal injury claims filed each year is in the hundreds of thousands and has been increasing rather than decreasing over time, even though asbestos stopped being used in the early 1970's.
Michelle J. White
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Lung Function Profiles among Individuals with Nonmalignant Asbestos-related Disorders
Safety and Health at Work, 2014 Background: Inhalation of asbestos fibers can lead to adverse health effects on the lungs. This study describes lung function profiles among individuals with nonmalignant asbestos-related disorders (ARDs).
Eun-Kee Park +2 more
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Lung cancer and asbestos exposure: Asbestosis is not necessary [PDF]
, 1996 David Egilman, Alexander A. Reinert
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Exploring Animal Models That Resemble Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Frontiers in Medicine, 2017 Large multicenter clinical trials have led to two recently approved drugs for patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF); yet, both of these therapies only slow disease progression and do not provide a definitive cure.
Jun Tashiro +9 more
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