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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807877703321

Titolo

Asbestos : selected cancers / / Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2006

ISBN

1-280-56745-7

9786610567454

0-309-65952-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (339 p.)

Disciplina

363.17/91

Soggetti

Asbestos - Physiological effect

Cancer

Carcinogens

Health risk assessment

Environmentally induced diseases

Asbestosis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

FrontMatter -- Reviewers -- Contents -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Committee's Approach to Its Charge and Methods Used in Evaluation -- 3 Background Information on Asbestos -- 4 Exposure and Disposition -- 5 Biological Aspects of Asbestos-Related Diseases -- 6 Description of Epidemiologic Studies Included in Evidentiary Dataset -- 7 Pharyngeal Cancer and Asbestos -- 8 Laryngeal Cancer and Asbestos -- 9 Esophageal Cancer and Asbestos -- 10 Stomach Cancer and Asbestos -- 11 Colorectal Cancer and Asbestos -- 12 Summary and Recommendations -- APPENDIXES -- APPENDIX A Agendas of Public Meetings Held by the Committee on Asbestos: Selected Health Effects -- APPENDIX B Lineage and Design Properties of Studies on Cohorts Informative for Selected Cancers -- APPENDIX C Description of Case-Control Studies of All Selected Cancers as Related to Exposure to Asbestos -- APPENDIX D Cohort Results Tables -- APPENDIX E Case-Control Results Tables -- APPENDIX F Initial Analyses of Available Data Concerning Cancers of Colon and/or Rectum and Asbestos Exposure --



APPENDIX G Committee on Asbestos: Selected Health Effects.