| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 211 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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Environmental Health - Physical, Chemical and Biological Factors |
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Environmental health (Nova Science Publishers)
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| 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Asbestos -- Toxicology
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Lungs -- Dust diseases.
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Environmentally induced diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Toxicology.
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Asbestos -- Toxicology
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Environmentally induced diseases
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Lungs -- Dust diseases
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Soto, Antonio, 1961-
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Salazar, Gael.
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| ISBN |
9781612098531 |
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1612098533 |
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