TY  - BOOK
AU  - Simmons,Dean L.
TI  - Asbestos: risk assessment, health implications, and impacts on the environment 
T2  - Geology and mineralogy research developments
SN  - 9781634853866
AV  - RA1231.A8 
U1  - 615.9/2539224 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Hauppauge, New York
PB  - Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
KW  - Asbestos
KW  - Health aspects
KW  - Toxicology
KW  - Environmental aspects
KW  - toxicology
KW  - MEDICAL
KW  - Pharmacology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
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