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Dose-Response, 2004 Asbestos is a group of naturally occurring mineral fibers which are associated in occupational settings with increased risks of malignant mesothelioma (MM), lung cancers, and pulmonary fibrosis (asbestosis).
Arti Shukla +2 more
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Sensors, 2013 Phase contrast microscopy (PCM) is a widely used analytical method for airborne asbestos, but it is unable to distinguish asbestos from non-asbestos fibers and requires time-consuming and laborious manual counting of fibers.
Jung Kyung Kim +5 more
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A postmortem case control study of asbestos burden in lungs of malignant mesothelioma cases
Journal of Translational Medicine, 2023 Background Asbestos lung content is regarded as the most reliable tool for causal attribution of malignant mesothelioma (MM) to previous asbestos exposures. However, there is a lack of studies on asbestos burden in lungs of MM patients in comparison with
S. D. Visonà +8 more
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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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Synthesis and performance of polyurethane/silicon oxide nano-composite coatings
Science and Engineering of Composite Materials, 2019 Chrysotile asbestos has excellent physical and chemical properties, but its high biotoxicity is very damaging to human health, due to its durability, high aspect ratio, and the exist of iron.
Zhang Junrui +4 more
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BMC Cancer, 2008 Background Chrysotile is considered less harmful to human health than other types of asbestos fibers. Its clearance from the lung is faster and, in comparison to amphibole forms of asbestos, chrysotile asbestos fail to accumulate in the lung tissue due ...
Machado-Santelli Glaucia M +1 more
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Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2016 The Collegium Ramazzini recognizes the work of the 2014 expert committee convened by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH) to update the 1997 and 2000 Helsinki criteria on asbestos, asbestosis and cancer in light of new advances in research.
Collegium Ramazzini
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Making asbestos-cement products safe using heat treatment
Case Studies in Construction Materials, 2019 The paper concerns the safe disposal of asbestos containing products (eternit) by means of heat treatment. Asbestos-cement samples were heat treated at 700 °C, 1000 °C and 1300 °C for 1 h.
Józef Iwaszko
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The Journal of Scientific Practice and Integrity, 2023 The world pandemic of asbestos-related diseases results from inadequate prevention and late bans on asbestos use. For years in Germany there has been an annual average of about ten thousand new claims.
Hans-Joachim Woitowitz +2 more
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Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2001 Neste artigo revê-se o estado do conhecimento científico quanto aos efeitos da inalação de fibras de asbesto (amianto) na saúde humana e sua prevenção.
René Mendes
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