Asbestiform Fibers : Nonoccupational Health Risks.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Fibers, Committee on Nonoccupational Health Risks of Asbestiform
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington : National Academies Press, 1983.
Subjects:	Asbestos fibers > Toxicology. Asbestos fibers > Environmental aspects. Risk management. Public health. Asbestos. Lungs > Dust diseases. Silicates. Pollution. Minerals. Interstitial lung diseases. Silicic acid. Occupational diseases. Diseases. Lungs > Diseases. Inorganic compounds. Respiratory organs > Diseases. Silicon compounds. Medical care. Asbestosis. risk management. public health. asbestos. silicates. mineral. silica (mineral) Silicon compounds Silicic acid Silicates Respiratory organs > Diseases Public health Pollution Occupational diseases Minerals Medical care Lungs > Dust diseases Lungs > Diseases Interstitial lung diseases Inorganic compounds Diseases Asbestosis Asbestos Asbestos fibers > Environmental aspects Asbestos fibers > Toxicology Risk management
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Table of Contents:

""Asbestiform Fibers""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""References""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""ORIGIN OF THE STUDY""; ""MAJOR FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Evaluation of Risk""; ""Physicochemical Properties and Health Effects""; ""Recommendations""; ""SUMMARY OF THE STUDY""; ""Background""; ""Materials of Concern""; ""Relationship of Fiber Characteristics to Health Effects""; ""Measurement and Extent of Exposure""; ""Health Effects Methodology""; ""Health Effects of Asbestos""; ""Health Effects of Nonasbestos Asbestiform Fibers""
""Evidence Associating Fiber Properties with Adverse Health Effects""""Risk Assessments""; ""1 Introduction ""; ""CONCURRENT NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL AND GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES RELATED TO ASBESTOS""; ""THE COMMITTEE'S APPROACH""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2 Asbestiform Fibers: Historical Background, Terminology, and Physicochemical Properties ""; ""ASBESTOS IN HISTORY""; ""MINERALOGICAL TERMINOLOGY""; ""SOURCES OF MINERAL PARTICLES""; ""PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ASBESTIFORM FIBERS""; ""Fiberlike Morphology""; ""Enhanced Strength and Flexibility""; ""Diameter-Dependent Strength""
""Increased Physical and Chemical Durability""""Defect-Free Surface Structure""; ""Growth-Dependent Fiber Quality""; ""BIOLOGICALLY RELEVANT PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES""; ""Respirability""; ""Size and Aspect Ratio (Length:Diameter)""; ""Durability""; ""Flexibility and Tensile Strength""; ""Chemical Composition""; ""Surface Area""; ""Surface Charge""; ""Standardized Asbestos Samples""; ""SUMMARY""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""3 Assessing Nonoccupational Exposures to Asbestiform Fibers ""; ""DEFINITIONS OF EXPOSURE""; ""ASBESTIFORM FIBERS AND THEIR SOURCES""
""EXPOSURE POTENTIAL FOR ASBESTOS""""Types of Exposure""; ""Quantitative Exposure Estimates""; ""EXPOSURE TO OTHER NATURAL MINERAL FIBERS""; ""Attapulgite""; ""Erionite""; ""EXPOSURE TO MAN-MADE FIBERS""; ""Man-Made Mineral Fibers""; ""Exposure to Other Man-Made Fibers""; ""SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""4 Measurement of Exposure to Asbestiform Fibers ""; ""MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES""; ""MEASURING ASBESTOS DUST IN THE WORKPLACE""; ""The Impinger Technique""; ""The Membrane Filter Technique""; ""MEASURING ASBESTOS DUST IN THE AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT""
""RELATIONSHIPS AMONG VARIOUS EXPOSURE MEASUREMENT METHODS""""EXPOSURE TO CHRYSOTILE IN THE AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT""; ""COMPLICATING FACTORS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSAYS""; ""FUTURE MEASUREMENT OF EXPOSURE TO ASBESTIFORM FIBERS""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""5 Effects of Asbestiform Fibers on Human Health ""; ""NATURE OF EVIDENCE""; ""BIODISPOSITION OF FIBERS""; ""Fiber Deposition""; ""Clearance and Transport""; ""CLINICAL ASPECTS OF ASBESTOS-ASSOCIATED DISEASES""; ""Necessary Assumptions Used in Determining Health Effects""; ""Sensitivity and Specificity of Clinical Evidence""

Asbestiform Fibers : Nonoccupational Health Risks.

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