Asbestos [[electronic resource] ] : risks, environment and impact / / Antonio Soto and Gael Salazar, editors |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Nova Biomedical Books, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
Disciplina | 615.9/2539224 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SotoAntonio <1961->
SalazarGael |
Collana | Environmental health--physical, chemical and biological factors series |
Soggetto topico |
Asbestos - Toxicology
Lungs - Dust diseases Environmentally induced diseases |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-61209-853-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461090303321 |
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Asbestos [[electronic resource] ] : risks, environment and impact / / Antonio Soto and Gael Salazar, editors |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Nova Biomedical Books, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
Disciplina | 615.9/2539224 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SotoAntonio <1961->
SalazarGael |
Collana | Environmental health--physical, chemical and biological factors series |
Soggetto topico |
Asbestos - Toxicology
Lungs - Dust diseases Environmentally induced diseases |
ISBN | 1-61209-853-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790079703321 |
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Asbestos : risks, environment and impact / / Antonio Soto and Gael Salazar, editors |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Nova Biomedical Books, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
Disciplina | 615.9/2539224 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SotoAntonio <1961->
SalazarGael |
Collana | Environmental health--physical, chemical and biological factors series |
Soggetto topico |
Asbestos - Toxicology
Lungs - Dust diseases Environmentally induced diseases |
ISBN | 1-61209-853-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- ASBESTOS: RISKS,ENVIRONMENT AND IMPACT -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- DEPOSITION OF MAN-MADE FIBERS IN THE HUMANRESPIRATORY AIRWAY -- ABSTRACT -- 1.1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.2. EXPERIMENTAL METHOD -- 1.2.1. Human Nasal Airway Cast -- 1.2.2. Human Respiratory Airway Casts -- 1.2.3. Fiber Materials -- 1.2.4. Experimental Setup -- 1.2.5. Sample Preparation, Fiber Counting, and Length Measurement -- 1.3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 1.3.1. Fiber Deposition in the Human Nasal Airway -- 1.3.2. Fiber Deposition Efficiency in the Human Nasal Airway -- 1.3.3. Comparison of Nasal Deposition between Fibers and Compact Particles -- 1.3.4. Empirical Model for Fiber Deposition in the Nasal Airway -- 1.3.5. Fiber Deposition in the Human Oral Airway -- 1.3.6. Fiber Deposition Pattern in the Human Respiratory Airway -- 1.3.7. Fiber Deposition in the Tracheobronchial Airways -- 1.3.8. Comparison of Fiber Deposition in the Human Airways -- 1.4. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- NUMBER OF PLASMIDS TRANSPORTED INTOESCHERICHIA COLI THROUGH THE YOSHIDA EFFECTAND PREDICTED STRUCTURE OF THEPENETRATION-INTERMEDIATE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- E. COLI STRAIN AND PLASMIDS -- PREPARATION OF THE CHRYSOTILE COLLOIDAL SOLUTION -- STANDARD PROTOCOL OF HYDROGEL EXPOSURE -- INTRODUCTION OF MULTIPLE PLASMIDS INTO E. COLI CELLS USINGTHE HYDROGEL EXPOSURE METHOD -- PLASMID STABILITY -- NUMBER OF PLASMIDS INTRODUCED INTO EACH PENETRATIONINTERMEDIATEUSING THE HYDROGEL EXPOSURE METHOD -- PREDICTED STRUCTURE OF A PENETRATION-INTERMEDIATE -- RESULTS -- INTRODUCTION OF MULTIPLE PLASMIDS INTO E. COLI USINGTHE HYDROGELEXPOSURE METHOD -- PLASMID STABILITY -- NUMBER OF PLASMIDS INTRODUCED INTO THE PENETRATIONINTERMEDIATEUSING THE HYDROGEL EXPOSURE METHOD -- PREDICTED STRUCTURE OF THE PENETRATION-INTERMEDIATE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES.
PREVENTION AND DETECTION OF ASBESTOSRELATEDDISEASES IN FINLAND -- ABSTRACT -- USE OF ASBESTOS AND EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS -- Monitoring the Health Situation of those Who Have Been Exposedto Asbestos -- DISEASES CAUSED BY ASBESTOS AND MORTALITY FROM ASBESTOSRELATEDDISEASES -- Lung Cancer -- Mesothelioma -- Asbestosis -- Pleural Diseases -- THE ASBESTOS EPIDEMIC - IS IT OVER? -- Early Lung Cancer Diagnostics -- Mesothelioma Panel -- Expert Groups in Pneumoconiosis Diseases -- Registered Asbestos-Related Diseases -- INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- AUTOANTIBODY PROFILES OF AN ASBESTOSEXPOSEDPOPULATION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- AMPHIBOLE ASBESTOS CONTAMINATION INLIBBY, MT -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- Sample and Data Collection -- Detection of Serum Autoantibodies -- Addressable Laser Bead Immunosorbent Assay (ALBIA) -- Quantification of IgM Rheumatoid factor (RF), Anti-Cyclic CitrullinatedPeptide (CCP), Topo I, and Histone by ELISA -- Cell-Based ELISA for Anti-Fibroblast Antibodies -- Statistical Analysis -- RESULTS -- Frequency of Antinuclear Antibodies -- Autoantibody Characterization -- IgM RF and Anti-CCP Frequency -- Correlation of Autoantibodies with Extent of Exposure and ARD -- Presence of Antibodies to Fibroblasts -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MESOTHELIOMA:THE ROLE OF ASBESTOS -- ABSTRACT -- DEFINITION -- DESCRIPTIVE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MESOTHELIOMA -- Incidence -- Mortality -- Survival -- Temporal Trends -- Geographic Distribution -- ETIOLOGICAL ROLE OF ASBESTOS AND OTHER FIBERS -- Asbestos -- Other Mineral Fibers Implicated in the Etiopathogenesis of Mesotheliomas -- Duration and Intensity of Exposure to Asbestos and Dose-Response Relation -- Occupational Exposure -- a) Direct Occupational -- b) Indirect Occupational -- c) Environmental Occupational. DESCRIPTION OF TYPES OF EXPOSURE AND RISK IN VARIOUSOCCUPATIONAL SECTORS -- Production of Asbestos Cement -- Insulation and Maintenance Activities of Insulated Industrial Plants -- Construction, Maintenance, Restoration and Repair of Ships -- Construction, Maintenance, Restoration and Repair of Railway Carriages -- Personnel Travelling in Means of Transportation Insulated with Asbestos:Ships and Trains -- Industrial and Civilian Construction Work -- Textile Sector -- Installation and Repair of Lifts -- ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE -- Urban Environment -- CONTRIBUTION OF THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OFMESOTHELIOMA TO PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES -- Environmental Reclamation and Identification of Groups at Risk -- Prevention of the Asbestos Pathology in Developing Countries -- REFERENCES -- ASBESTOS LITIGATION: PROSPECTSFOR LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION* -- ABSTRACT -- SCOPE OF LITIGATION -- PROCEDURAL IMPROVISATION -- POLICY ALTERNATIVES -- Status Quo -- Changes in Tort Law -- Medical Criteria -- Administrative System -- THE TRUST FUND APPROACH -- Funding Adequacy -- Compensation Adequacy -- Diagnostic Categories -- Disputed Categories -- The Tobacco Question -- Diagnostic Quality Control -- Transition Issues -- Pending Cases -- Pending Settlements -- Funding Schedule -- SUNSET -- REFERENCES -- THE EFFICIENCY OF THE CUSCORE TEST ASCOMPARED TO THAT APPLIED TO SMR INDETECTION OF A CARCINOGENIC EXPOSURE -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- THE TIME INTERVAL BETWEEN EVENTS -- THE CUSCORE TEST -- THE EFFICIENCY OF THE CUSCORE TEST IN ACONCRETE EXAMPLE -- IMPROVING THE TEST EFFICIENCY -- REFERENCES -- RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS - A NEW ASBESTOSRELATEDDISEASE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- HISTORY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY -- CLINICAL PICTURE AND TREATMENT -- AETIOLOGY -- RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS AND ASBESTOS EXPOSURE -- RETROPERITONEAL AND PLEURAL FIBROSIS -- CONCLUSIONS. ENDEMIC PLEURAL PLAQUES AND MESOTHELIOMASIN NORTHERN GREECE -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS AND RESULTS -- 1st Study Phase (1988-1990) -- X-ray Study -- Environmental Study -- A. Petrologic Study -- B. Air Contamination Study -- 2nd Study Phase (2003) -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- IMMUNOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF ASBESTOS -- INTRODUCTION -- TEMPORARY HIGH-DOSE EXPOSURE19 -- CONTINUOUS LOW-DOSE EXPOSURE20 -- CHARACTERISTICS OF CONT.EXP. MT-2 CELLS -- CLINICAL TRANSLATION -- FUTURE INVESTIGATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- INDEX. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815963303321 |
New York, : Nova Biomedical Books, c2009 | ||
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Asbestos-related diseases / / edited by Takemi Otsuki |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, United Kingdom : , : IntechOpen, , [2020] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (80 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 615.92539224 |
Soggetto topico | Asbestos - Toxicology |
ISBN | 1-83880-833-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910409731003321 |
London, United Kingdom : , : IntechOpen, , [2020] | ||
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Asbestos-related Diseases / / edited by Takemi Otsuki |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : IntechOpen, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (80 pages) |
Disciplina | 363.1791 |
Soggetto topico |
Asbestos - Health aspects
Asbestos - Toxicology |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910688492603321 |
London, England : , : IntechOpen, , 2020 | ||
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Definitions for asbestos and other health-related silicates : a symposium / / sponsored by ASTM Committee D-22 on Sampling and Analysis of Atmospheres and ASTM Committee E-34 on Occupational Health and Safety, Philadelphia, Pa., 13 Oct. 1982 ; Benjamin Levadie, editor |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia : , : American Society for Testing and Materials, , 1984 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (213 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 363.1/79 |
Collana | ASTM special technical publication Definitions for asbestos and other health-related silicates |
Soggetto topico |
Asbestos - Toxicology
Silicates - Toxicology Asbestos - Standards Silicates - Standards |
ISBN | 0-8031-5590-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910164712403321 |
Philadelphia : , : American Society for Testing and Materials, , 1984 | ||
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EPA study of asbestos-containing materials in public buildings [[electronic resource] ] : a report to Congress |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, , [1988] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (118 unnumbered pages) : illustrations |
Soggetto topico |
Asbestos in building - Safety measures
Asbestos - Toxicology Asbestos dust - Environmental aspects - United States Public buildings - United States |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | EPA study of asbestos-containing materials in public buildings |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910699797703321 |
Washington, D.C. : , : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, , [1988] | ||
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Magic mineral to killer dust : Turner & Newall and the asbestos hazard / / Geoffrey Tweedale, with additional research by Philip Hansen |
Autore | Tweedale Geoffrey |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2000] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xx, 313 p. ) : ill |
Disciplina | 363.17/91 |
Soggetto topico |
Asbestos industry - Health aspects - Great Britain
Asbestos - Toxicology |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-19-166024-8
1-280-81519-1 9786610815197 0-585-37639-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455717903321 |
Tweedale Geoffrey
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Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2000] | ||
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Magic mineral to killer dust : Turner & Newall and the asbestos hazard / / Geoffrey Tweedale, with additional research by Philip Hansen |
Autore | Tweedale Geoffrey |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2000] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xx, 313 p. ) : ill |
Disciplina | 363.17/91 |
Soggetto topico |
Asbestos industry - Health aspects - Great Britain
Asbestos - Toxicology |
ISBN |
0-19-166024-8
1-280-81519-1 9786610815197 0-585-37639-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778718603321 |
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Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2000] | ||
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Magic mineral to killer dust : Turner & Newall and the asbestos hazard / / Geoffrey Tweedale, with additional research by Philip Hansen |
Autore | Tweedale Geoffrey |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2000] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xx, 313 p. ) : ill |
Disciplina | 363.17/91 |
Soggetto topico |
Asbestos industry - Health aspects - Great Britain
Asbestos - Toxicology |
ISBN |
0-19-166024-8
1-280-81519-1 9786610815197 0-585-37639-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812032003321 |
Tweedale Geoffrey
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Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2000] | ||
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