04163nam 2200781 a 450 991096017560332120251017110114.097866105674549781280567452128056745797803096595290309659523(CKB)1000000000466022(OCoLC)73316462(CaPaEBR)ebrary10495450(SSID)ssj0000106288(PQKBManifestationID)11990490(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000106288(PQKBWorkID)10128824(PQKB)11021467(MiAaPQ)EBC3378851(Au-PeEL)EBL3378851(CaPaEBR)ebr10495450(CaONFJC)MIL56745(OCoLC)923284098(Perlego)4739244(DNLM)1302601(BIP)13536050(EXLCZ)99100000000046602220060609d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAsbestos selected cancers /Institute of Medicine of the National Academies1st ed.Washington, D.C. National Academies Pressc20061 online resource (339 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780309101691 0309101697 Includes bibliographical references.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.In conjunction with drafting comprehensive legislation concerning compensation for health effects related to asbestos exposure (the Fairness in Asbestos Injury Act), the Senate Committee on the Judiciary directed the Institute of Medicine to assemble the Committee on Asbestos: Selected Health Effects. This committee was charged with addressing whether asbestos exposure is causally related to adverse health consequences in addition to asbestosis, mesothelioma, and lung cancer. Asbestos: Selected Cancers presents the committee's comprehensive distillation of the peer-reviewed scientific and medical literature regarding association between asbestos and colorectal, laryngeal, esophageal, pharyngeal, and stomach cancers.AsbestosPhysiological effectCancerCarcinogensHealth risk assessmentEnvironmentally induced diseasesAsbestosisAsbestosPhysiological effect.Cancer.Carcinogens.Health risk assessment.Environmentally induced diseases.Asbestosis.363.17/91Institute of Medicine (U.S.).Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice.National Academies Press (U.S.)Institute of Medicine (U.S.).Committee on Asbestos: Selected Health Effects.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910960175603321Asbestos1120593UNINA