Front cover; Acknowledgment; Preface; The Editors; Contributors; Contents; 1 The History of the Extraction and Uses of Asbestos; 2 Asbestos Analysis Methods; 3 Analysis and Relevance of Asbestos Burden in Tissue; 4 Molecular and Cellular Responses to Asbestos Exposure; 5 The Pathologic Features of Asbestos-Induced Disease; 6 Epidemiology of Asbestos-Related Diseases and the Knowledge that Led to What is Known Today; 7 Clinical Diagnosis of Asbestos-Related Disease; 8 Core Curriculum for Practicing Physicians Related to Asbestos
Summary
Asbestos is a classic example of a naturally-occurring substance that can be a deadly health hazard. Dodson (U. of Texas Health Center, Tyler) and Hammar (a Bremerton, WA clinical pathologist specializing in asbestos-related lung disease) introduce eight chapters by US authorities comprehensively covering the long history of commercial mining of th