| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 381 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Online access with DDA: Askews (Medicine)
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| Contents |
1. How to critically read and find truth in the medical scientific literature -- 2. Limitations of epidemiologic exposure studies on the health effects of asbestos -- 3. Clinical toxicology of asbestos -- 4. History of asbestos commercial use and discovery of adverse health effects : asbestosis -- 5. What is asbestosis and what is not : radiology and pathology correlates -- 6. The association of lung cancer and asbestosis -- 7. The effect of smoking and lung cancer -- 8. Asbestos-related pleural disease -- 9. Disability and impairment in asbestosis and asbestos-related diffuse pleural disease -- 10. The evolution of workers' compensation and employer responsibility -- 11. Does asbestos cause additional malignancies other than lung cancer and mesothelioma? -- 12. Asbestos exposure and mesothelioma -- 13. The many causes of mesothelioma -- 14. Other causes of mesothelioma not related to asbestiform mineral fibers -- 15. Mesothelioma and asbestos fiber type -- 16. Chrysotile and mesothelioma -- 17. The tremolite hypothesis -- 18. Mesothelioma latency and risk -- 19. Household and neighborhood exposure to asbestos -- 20. What did asbestos pipe insulation manufacturers and the U.S. Navy understand about the risk to manufacturing employees and end users? -- 21. The intervention of government to provide safety standards -- 22. Is there a safe or risk-free level of asbestos exposure? |
| Summary |
The health-related effects of asbestos have long been mired in controversy, with industry and plaintiff attorneys playing a significant role. This comprehensive book provides a balanced and extensive evidence-based critical analysis of the literature concerning asbestos-related diseases, from a scientific and historical perspective. The book presents a carefully referenced review of the medical literature on the health effects of asbestos, and reflects the extensive experience of the author in evaluating patients with asbestos-related disorders |
| Analysis |
Asbestos |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 2, 2015) |
| Subject |
Asbestosis -- Complications
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Evidence-based medicine.
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Asbestosis.
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Mesothelioma.
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Risk assessment.
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Asbestos -- adverse effects
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Environmental Exposure -- adverse effects
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Asbestosis
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Mesothelioma
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Risk Assessment
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risk assessment.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Risk assessment.
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Mesothelioma.
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Asbestosis.
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Evidence-based medicine.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1498728405 |
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9781498728409 |
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9781498728577 |
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149872857X |
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