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Pleural Plaque Related to Asbestos Mining in Taiwan

open access: yesJournal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2010
A 78-year-old woman complained of twisting-like pain in her left lower chest. During physical examination, friction rubbing was noted in both lungs. Chest radiography showed extensive bilateral pleural calcification.
Hsiao-Yu Yang   +3 more
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Development of a New Sequential Extraction Procedure of Nickel Species on Workplace Airborne Particulate Matter: Assessing the Occupational Exposure to Carcinogenic Metal Species

open access: yesInternational Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 2018
Nickel (Ni) compounds and metallic Ni have many industrial and commercial applications, including their use in the manufacturing of stainless steel. Due to the specific toxicological properties of the different Ni species, there is a growing interest ...
Catalani Simona   +7 more
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Estimation of the Financial Burden to the National Health Insurance for Patients with Major Cancers in Taiwan

open access: yesJournal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2008
Almost all countries that have national health insurance schemes face financial challenges. A better understanding of the financial burden that cancer places on Taiwan's National Health Insurance (NHI) is important for helping policy makers to plan under
Po-Ching Chu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pressure Drop of Respirable Dust Cyclone Samplers

open access: yesInternational Journal of Occupational Hygiene, 2019
The measure of volumetric flow rate is utilized to calculate sampling volume and airborne concentration in integrated air sampling. Consequently, calibration of the sampling train to verify volumetric flow rate is critical.
Leshan J Kimbrough   +3 more
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Updates on exposure estimation for the Québec cohort of chrysotile miners and millers: implications for risk assessment and threshold hypothesis

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health
The McGill University cohort of Québec chrysotile miners and millers (total of 11,379 members) has been a major determinant of risk assessment. The U. S.
Bruce W. Case   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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