Mineral Fibers and Health

F.D.K. Liddell, Klara Miller (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

400 Seiten

1991
Crc Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8493-6646-8 (ISBN)

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This text looks at mineral fibers, their occurrence, production, properties and their uses. The part of this book covering pathogensis and modes of action begins with a chapter on the physicochemical properties of asbestos fibers and a chapter on the deposition and retention of fibers within the lung and their clearance.

F.D.K. Liddell (McGill University) (Author) , Klara Miller (University of New Mexico, Albuquerque) (Author)

FOREWORD. INTRODUCTION. Historical Background (F.D.K. Liddell). MINERAL FIBERS: OCCURRENCE, PRODUCTION, PROPERTIES, USES. Occurrence, Production, Properties and Uses of Asbestiform Fibers (R.E.G. Rendall). Occurrence, Production, Properties and Uses of Naturally Occurring Fibers Other Than Asbestos (G.W. Gibbs). Production, Applications and Manufacture of Man-Made Mineral Fibers (J. Young). FIBERS AS POTENTIAL HEALTH HAZARDS. Airborne Dusts (W.H. Walton). Asbestos in the Occupational Environment (F.D.K. Liddell). Environmental Measurements of Man-Made Fibers (M.E. Meek). Fibers in the General Environment (A.P. Rood). EPIDEMIOLOGY OF FIBER-RELATED DISEASES. The Epidemiology of Asbestosis (M.R. Becklake). Pleural and Airway Disease Associated with Mineral Fibers (P.E. Ernst and J. Zedja). Epidemiology of Lung Cancer in Relation to Asbestos Exposure (J. Hughes). Epidemiology of Mesothelioma (J.C. and A.D. McDonald). Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma Related to Other Natural Mineral Fibers (L. Simonato). Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma Related to MMMF: The Epidemiologic Evidence (M.E. Meek). Other Aspects of Asbestos-Related Malignancies (F.D.K. Liddell). Inconsistencies and Limitations (J. Bignon). PATHOGENESIS AND MODES OF ACTION. Physico-Chemical Properties of Asbestos as Determinants of Biological Potential (A. Langer, R. Nolan, and J. Addison). Pulmonary Deposition and Clearance of Airborne Mineral Fibers (P. Sebastien). Information Obtained from Fiber-Induced Lesions in Animals (J.M.G. Davis). Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma Related to Man-Made Mineral Fibers: The Toxicological Evidence (M.E. Meek). Pulmonary Immunobiological Effects Related to the Inhalation of Mineral Fibers (D.S. Warheit and K. Miller). Mechanisms of Action of Mineral Fibers Studied by In Vitro Methods (J.M. Petruska, R.C. Brown, B. Mossman, and J.A. Hoskins). CONFLICTS. Conflicts in the Evidence on the Health Effects of Mineral Fibers (P. Elmes). MINERAL FIBERS AND FUTURE HEALTH. The Need for Mineral Fibers (J. Dunnigan). Alternatives to Mineral Fibers (U.F. Gruber). Mineral Fibers in the Nonoccupational Environment (R. Doll). Summing Up (F.D.K. Liddell and Klara Miller).

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.6.1991
Zusatzinfo	55 Tables, black and white; 15 Halftones, black and white
Verlagsort	Bosa Roca
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	884 g
Einbandart	gebunden
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Arbeits- / Sozial- / Umweltmedizin
ISBN-10	0-8493-6646-1 / 0849366461
ISBN-13	978-0-8493-6646-8 / 9780849366468
Zustand	Neuware