An Evaluation of Mortality Rates and Their Determinants in a Cohort of Former Asbestos Miners in South Africa. [PDF]
Am J Ind MedABSTRACT Background A causal association between occupational asbestos exposure and lung disease, including pneumoconiosis and mesothelioma, is well established. Elevated mortality among former asbestos miners is expected. However, large‐scale South African studies examining all‐cause mortality in this population are lacking.
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The fate of chrysotile-induced multipolar mitosis and aneuploid population in cultured lung cancer cells. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Chrysotile is one of the six types of asbestos, and it is the only one that can still be commercialized in many countries. Exposure to other types of asbestos has been associated with serious diseases, such as lung carcinomas and pleural mesotheliomas ...
Beatriz de Araujo Cortez +3 more
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Insights on the deep carbon cycle from the electrical conductivity of carbon-bearing aqueous fluids
Scientific Reports, 2021 The dehydration and decarbonation in the subducting slab are intricately related and the knowledge of the physical properties of the resulting C–H–O fluid is crucial to interpret the petrological, geochemical, and geophysical processes associated with ...
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Letter to the Editor: 'Asbestosis Requiring Lung Transplantation in a Retired Hairdresser: An Occupational Exposure to Comb Through'. [PDF]
Respirol Case RepRespirology Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 10, October 2025.
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A Systematic Study of the Cryogenic Milling of Chrysotile Asbestos
Applied Sciences, 2021 For more than 40 years, intensive research has been devoted to shedding light on the mechanisms of asbestos toxicity. Given the key role of fibre length in the mechanisms of asbestos toxicity, much work has been devoted to finding suitable comminution ...
Valentina Scognamiglio +4 more
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Mineralogical and Geochemical Fingerprinting of Potentially Toxic Elements (PTEs) in Asbestos and Non-Asbestos Tremolite: Implications for Human Health. [PDF]
GeohealthAbstract This paper aims to comprehensively investigate the content of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in 11 tremolite samples to better understanding of their potential effects on human health. Accurate characterization of trace element concentrations in asbestos mineral fibers is crucial to elucidate their potential synergistic contribution to the ...
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Environmental Health Perspectives, 1974 The problems of quantitating chrysotile in water by fiber count techniques are reviewed briefly and the use of mass quantitation is suggested as a preferable measure. Chrysotile fiber has been found in almost every sample of natural water examined, but generally transmission electron miscroscopy (TEM) is required because of the small diameters involved.
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Effects of chrysotile and acid-treated chrysotile on macrophage cultures [PDF]
Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 1971 Beck, E. G., Holt, P. F., and Nasrallah, E. T. (1971). Brit. J. industr. Med., 28, 179-185. Effects of chrysotile and acid-treated chrysotile on macrophage cultures. The addition of chrysotile asbestos to monolayer cultures of peritoneal and alveolar macrophages produces an increase in membrane permeability, as measured by eosin uptake and lactic ...
E G, Beck, P F, Holt, E T, Nasrallah
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Nanostructural changes in the components of chrysotilecement dust under the influence of different levels of acidity and exposure time [PDF]
Нанотехнологии в строительствеIntroduction. The article considers the issue of modifying the initial chrysotile fiber and its bundles by the action of hydration products of Portland cement and various acidity value of the treated medium.
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Cytotoxicity of Heated Chrysotile [PDF]
Environmental Health Perspectives, 1974 Cytotoxicity and hemolysis were studied in chrysotile and quartz. The biological activity of the surface seemed to be different between chrysotile and quartz. Quartz lost its cytotoxicity on heating over about 500 degrees C. However chrysotile showed remarkable toxicity and induced hemolysis on heating between 650 and 800 degrees C, compared with the ...
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