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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, Hongseok Jang, Seungyoung So   +2 more
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The incidence of malignancies in asbestosis with chrysotile exposure: a large Chinese prospective cohort study

Frontiers in Oncology, 2023
BackgroundAsbestos exposure is closely related to the occurrence and development of various malignancies. This prospective cohort study aimed to evaluate the incidence rate and potential risk factors in a cohort of asbestosis patients in China.MethodsThe
Jingwei Wang, Xiaoyun Huang, Xiaoyun Huang, Ruimin Ma, Qian Zhang, Na Wu, Xuqin Du, Qiao Ye   +7 more
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Adsorption of sodium dodecylsulfate on chrysotile

, 2015
Adsorption of sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) onto chrysotile from aqueous solutions was investigated along with varying temperature, ionic strength and surface treatments. Commercial chrysotile fibers were treated by sonication or extensive washings.
Joekes, I, Valentim, IB
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Quantitative Assessment of Asbestos Fibers in Normal and Pathological Peritoneal Tissue—A Scoping Review

Life, 2022
Peritoneal tissue is the second most affected site by malignant mesothelioma linked to asbestos exposure. This scoping review aims to summarize the findings of the studies in which asbestos fibers in the peritoneum were quantified by electron microscopy,
Yohama Caraballo-Arias, Carlotta Zunarelli, Paola Caffaro, Francesco Roccuzzo, Mattia Roberto Nocilla, Maria Chiara Imperiale, Clara Romano, Paolo Boffetta, Francesco Saverio Violante   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tubular-shaped stoichiometric chrysotile nanocrystals

, 2004
Stoichiometric chrysotile tubular nanocrystals have been synthesized as possible starting materials for applications toward nanotechnology, and as a standard reference sample for the investigation of the molecular interactions between chrysotile, the ...
M. Leoni, E. Foresti, GAZZANO, MASSIMO, FALINI, GIUSEPPE, LESCI, ISIDORO GIORGIO, M. Gazzano, GUALTIERI A. F., FORESTI, ELISABETTA, LEONI M., GUALTIERI, Alessandro, ROVERI, NORBERTO, IG Lesci, G. Falini, N. Roveri   +13 more
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Asbestos related diseases among workers of asbestos processing plants in relation to type of production and asbestos use

Medycyna Pracy, 2015
Background: Asbestos dust is one of the most dangerous pneumoconiotic and carcinogenic agents. The aim of this study was to assess the occurrence of asbestosis and pleural mesothelioma, depending on asbestos consumption and the type of manufactured ...
Neonila Szeszenia-Dąbrowska, Beata Świątkowska, Wojciech Sobala, Zuzanna Szubert, Urszula Wilczyńska   +4 more
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Occupational cohort study of current and former workers exposed to chrysotile in mine and processing facilities in Asbest, the Russian Federation: Cohort profile of the Asbest Chrysotile Cohort study.

PLoS ONE, 2020
A historical cohort study in workers occupationally exposed to chrysotile was set up in the town of Asbest, the Russian Federation, to study their cause-specific mortality, with a focus on cancer. Chrysotile has different chemical and physical properties
Joachim Schüz, Igor Bukhtiyarov, Ann Olsson, Monika Moissonnier, Evgenia Ostroumova, Eleonora Feletto, Sara J Schonfeld, Graham Byrnes, Iraklii Tskhomariia, Valerie McCormack, Kurt Straif, Sergey Kashanskiy, Tatiana Morozova, Hans Kromhout, Evgeny Kovalevskiy   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Characterization of Serpentines from Different Regions by Transmission Electron Microscopy, X-ray Diffraction, BET Specific Surface Area and Vibrational and Electronic Spectroscopy

Fibers, 2019
Serpentinite powdered samples from four different regions were characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), SBET and porosity measurements, UV-Vis and Infrared Spectroscopy of the skeletal region and surface OH groups.
Miguel A. Rivero Crespo, Dolores Pereira Gómez, María V. Villa García, José M. Gallardo Amores, Vicente Sánchez Escribano   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Epidemiological and Prognostic Differences in Malignant Mesothelioma Between Eastern China and SEER Database

Cancer Science, EarlyView.
For long years, patients and clinicians in Eastern China used Western data as information foundation for management and treatment of malignant mesothelioma, due to its rarity and lack of deep investigation. This study updated the epidemiological data of malignant mesothelioma in Eastern China, and revealed better survival outcomes compared to Western ...
Ningning Li, Ruting Wang, Wenya Zhang, Zulei Shao, Hongyu Lin, Guanai Bao, Weimin Mao, Zhongjian Chen   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contemporary Methods for Evaluating the Health Impact of Chrysotile-Asbestos on Workers: Scoping Review [PDF]

Analysis of literature data on delayed effects (remote consequences) of exposure to mineral fibers on the body, including chrysotile asbestos, to study the mechanisms by which mineral fibers cause adverse effects in both animals and humans, is a hot ...
Yertay Otarov, Darkhan Abitayev, Marat Kalishev, Zhanbol Sabirov, Olga Grebeneva, Zhengisbek Zharylkassyn, Alexey Alexeyev, Aigul Zharylkassynova, Karina Nukeshtayeva   +8 more
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