Asbestos : risks, environment and impact

Asbestos : risks, environment and impact / Antonio Soto and Gael Salazar, editors.

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Other Authors: Soto, Antonio, 1961-, Salazar, Gael
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Nova Biomedical Books, ©2009.
Series:Environmental health (Nova Science Publishers)
Subjects:
Asbestos > Toxicology.
Lungs > Dust diseases.
Environmentally induced diseases.
MEDICAL > Toxicology.
Asbestos > Toxicology
Environmentally induced diseases
Lungs > Dust diseases
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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