Asbestos : risk assessment, health implications, and impacts on the environment /
Dean L. Simmons, editor.
- 1 online resource.
- Geology and mineralogy research developments .
- Geology and mineralogy research developments. .
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ASBESTOS: RISK ASSESSMENT, HEALTH IMPLICATIONS AND IMPACTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT; ASBESTOS: RISK ASSESSMENT, HEALTH IMPLICATIONS AND IMPACTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: ASBESTOS-CONTAINING FLOOR TILE AND MASTIC: A DISCUSSION OF EXPOSURE AND REGULATORY ISSUES; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; MINERAL TYPES/USES OF ASBESTOS; HISTORY OF ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS-RELATED DISEASES; EXPOSURE TO FLOOR TILE AND MASTIC; AIRBORNE EXPOSURE; NON-ASBESTOS RISKS; REGULATION OF FLOOR TILE AND MASTIC MATERIALS; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES. Chapter 2: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PATTERNS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASBESTOS-RELATED DISEASEABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; Malignant Mesothelioma and Other Diseases Associated with Asbestos; Carcinogenic Mineral Fibers; Epidemiological Pattern of MM; Environmental Exposure to Asbestos and Other Carcinogenic Mineral Fibers; METHODS; RESULTS; Description of MM Cases Exposed to Fibrous Minerals from the Natural Environment; Description of MM Cases Exposed to Asbestos Fibers Present in the Vicinity of an Asbestos Industry; Description of Non-Occupational MMs Per Type of Exposure; Mixed Exposures; CONCLUSION. BackgroundMaterial and Methods; Results; Discussion; OTHER STUDIES ON ASBESTOS AND BILE DUCT CANCER; Available Studies; Issues in the Study of Cholangiocarcinoma Using Data from Occupational Cohorts; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: ESTIMATING IMPACTS OF ASBESTOS-RELATED MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA: QUANTIFICATION OF LIFE EXPECTANCY LOST AND LIFETIME HEALTHCARE EXPENDITURES IN TAIWAN; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; METHODS; Participants; Extrapolation Method to Obtain Lifetime Survival Functions; Estimation of the Expected Years of Life Lost (EYLL). National Health Insurance (NHI) Reimbursement DatabaseMeasurement of Lifetime Healthcare Expenditures (LTHE); Statistical Analysis; RESULTS; DISCUSSIONS; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENTS; REFERENCES; BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH; Chapter 6: ASBESTOS-RELATED PLEURITIS AND ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY (ANCA)-ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; CASES; A 79-Year-Old Man; A 69-Year-Old Man; ASBESTOS AND ANCA POSITIVITY; MESOTHELIAL CELL IN ASBESTOS-RELATED PLEURITIS; ANCA AND PATHOGENCITY OF VASCULITIS; ASBESTOS-RELATED PLEURITIS AND ANCA-POSITIVITY.