Retrieval Lists
Asbestos and other Mineral-related references
Selected by: Dr. Jacques Dunnigan
Note: For almost all publications retrieved, the address of the principal author is included for your convenience so that you can request a reprint directly from the authors.
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Authors: MD Fikfak, D Kriebel, MM Quinn, EA Eisen, DH Wegman
Title: A case control study of lung cancer and exposure to chrysotile and amphibole at a Slovenian asbestos-cement plant
Full source: Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 2007, Vol 51, Iss 3, pp 261-268
Author keywords: amphiboles; amphibole theory; asbestos; chrysotile; lung cancer
Document type: Article
Address: Fikfak MD, Univ Ljubljana, Med Ctr, Clin Inst Occupat Med, Ljubljana 1000, SLOVENIA
Publisher: Oxford Univ Press,Great Clarendon St,Oxford Ox2 6DP,England
KeyWords Plus: 1891-1920 BIRTH COHORT; DUST EXPOSURE; MORTALITY; WORKERS; MINERS; EMPLOYEES; PRODUCTS; MILLERS; RISK
Authors : Kumagai S. and Kurumatani N.
Title : Risk of developing mesothelioma due to neighborhood exposure to asbestos
Full source : San Ei Shi, 2007, 49 : 77-88
ARTICLE IN JAPANESE
Abstract : Routes of asbestos exposure consist of occupational and non-occupational exposures, and furthermore the later is classified as para-occupational, neighborhood or true general environmental exposure. Consequently, in order to evaluate health risk caused by neighborhood exposure to asbestos, it is necessary to exclude risk due to the other exposure routes from overall risk. We reviewed epidemiological studies on the relationship between neighborhood asbestos exposure and risk of mesothelioma. In studies on a crocidolite mine in South Africa and a chrysotile mine in Canada, occupational exposure was not excluded. In studies on a crocidolite mine in Australia and an asbestos manufacturing factory in U. S. A., risk caused by non-occupational exposure was evaluated, but the risk was not classified as para-occupational and neighborhood exposures. In a study on an asbestos factory in Italy, first, occupational and para-occupational exposures were excluded, and next, the incidence rate of mesothelioma in neighborhood residents was calculated, so that risk caused by neighborhood exposure couls be evaluated. In case-control studies in Italy, South Africa three European countries and the U. K., risks caused by occupational, para-occupational and neighborhood exposures were evaluated separately. As a whole, relative risk (RR) of neighborhood exposure in crocidolite and amosite mines was about 10 to30 and RR in major asbestos factories was about 5 to 20. On the other hand, statistically significant RR of neighborhood exposure was not observed in chrysotile mines and some asbestos facilities.
Authors: AK Madl, K Clark, DJ Paustenbach
Title: Exposure to airborne asbestos during removal and installation of gaskets and packings: A review of published and unpublished studies
Full source: Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part B - Critical Reviews, 2007, Vol 10, Iss 4, pp 259-286
KeyWords Plus: SHIPYARD; EXHAUST; BENZENE; WORKERS
TGA/Book No.: 187UY
Discipline: Pharmacology & Toxicology
Document type: Review
Language: English
Address: Madl AK, ChemRisk Inc, 25 Jessie St. & Ecker Sq, Suite 1800, San Francisco, CA 94105 USA
ISBN/ISSN: 1093-7404
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc,325 Chestnut St, Suite 800,Philadelphia,PA 19106,USA
Authors: R Gun, NL Pratt, DM Roder, P Ryan
Title: Asbestos-related cancers in refinery workers in the Australian petroleum industry
Full source: Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health, 2006, Vol 61, Iss 1, pp 11-16
Author keywords: asbestos-related cancer; mesothelioma; petroleum industry
Document type: Article
Address: Gun R, Univ Adelaide, Dept Publ Hlth, Adelaide, SA 5005, AUSTRALIA
Publisher: Heldref Publications, 1319 Eighteenth St NW, Washington, DC 20036-1802, USA
KeyWords Plus: LUNG-CANCER; MORTALITY; MESOTHELIOMA; COHORT; EXPOSURE; CESSATION; SMOKING; MINERS; UPDATE; MODELS
Authors: R Carel, AC Olsson, D Zaridze, N SzeszeniaDabrowska, P Rudnai, J Lissowska, E Fabianova, A Cassidy, D Mates, V Bencko, L Foretova, V Janout, J Fevotte, T Fletcher, A tMannetje, P Brennan, P Boffetta
Title: Occupational exposure to asbestos and man-made vitreous fibres and risk of lung cancer: a multicentre case-control study in Europe
Full source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2007, Vol 64, Iss 8, pp 502-508
Document type: Article
Address: Boffetta P, Int Agcy Res Canc, Gene Environm Epidemiol Grp, 150 Cours Albert Thomas, F-69008 Lyon, FRANCE
Publisher: B M J Publishing Group,British Med Assoc House, Tavistock Square,London WC1H 9Jr,England CHRYSOTILE ASBESTOS; PRODUCTION WORKERS; CEMENT WORKERS; MINERAL FIBERS; MORTALITY; MORBIDITY; HUNGARIAN; INDUSTRY; AFRICA
Author : Siemiatycki J
Investigating cancer risks related to asbestos and other occupational carcinogens
Full source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2007, Vol 64, Iss 8, pp 500-501
Document type: Editorial
Address: Siemiatycki J, CHUM, Res Ctr, 3875 Rue St Urbain, 3rd Floor, Montreal, PQ H2W 1V1, CANADA
Publisher: B M J Publishing Group, British Med Assoc House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9Jr, England
KeyWords Plus: LUNG-CANCER; EXPOSURE; MESOTHELIOMA
Authors: PRD Williams, AD Phelka, DJ Paustenbach
Title: A review of historical exposures to asbestos among skilled craftsmen (1940-2006)
Full source: Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part B - Critical Reviews, 2007, Vol 10, Iss 5, pp 319-377
Document type: Review
Address : Williams PRD, ChemRisk, 4940 Pearl E Circle, Suite 300, Boulder, CO 80301 USA
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, 325 Chestnut St, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
KeyWords Plus: SHEET-METAL WORKERS; LONG-TERM TRENDS; OCCUPATIONAL-EXPOSURE; AIRBORNE ASBESTOS; UNITED-STATES; COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION; INSULATION WORKERS; PULMONARY-FUNCTION; MORTALITY ANALYSIS; BENZENE EXPOSURE
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April, May and June 2007
Authors: A Gibbs, RL Attanoos, A Churg, H Weill
Title: The ''Helsinki Criteria'' for attribution of lung cancer to asbestos exposure - How robust are the criteria?
Full source: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 2007, Vol 131, Iss 2, pp 181-184
KeyWords Plus: WORKERS; MESOTHELIOMA; MORTALITY; SHIPYARD; AMOSITE; DISEASE
Document type: Editorial
Language: English
Address: Gibbs A, Llandough Hosp, Dept Histopathol, Cardiff & Vale NHS Hosp. Trust, Penarth CF64 2XX, S Glam, WALES
ISBN/ISSN: 0003-9985
Publisher: College Amer Pathologists, C/O Kimberly Gacki, 325 Waukegan Rd, Northfield, IL 60093-2750,US
Authors: VL Roggli
Title: Environmental asbestos contamination - What are the risks?
Full source: Chest, 2007, Vol 131, Iss 2, pp 336-338
KeyWords Plus: MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; EXPOSURE
Document type: Editorial
Language: English
Address: Roggli VL, Duke Univ, Med Ctr Box 3712, Durham, NC 27710, USA
ISBN/ISSN: 0012-3692
Publisher: Amer Coll Chest Physicians, 3300 Dundee Road, Northbrook, IL 60062-2348,USA
Authors: E Gazzano, F Turci, E Foresti, MG Putzu, E Aldieri, F Silvagno, IG Lesci, M Tomatis, C Riganti, C Romano, B Fubini, N Roveri, D Ghigo
Title: Iron-loaded synthetic chrysotile: A new model solid for studying the role of iron in asbestos toxicity
Full source: Chemical Research in Toxicology, 2007, Vol 20, Iss 3, pp 380-387
Document type: Article
Address: Ghigo D, Univ Turin Dipartimento Genet Biol & Biochim, Via Santena 5 Bis,I 10124 Turin, ITALY
Publisher: Amer Chemical Soc,1155 16Th St, NW,Washington,DC 20036,USA
KeyWords Plus: LUNG EPITHELIAL-CELLS; FREE-RADICAL GENERATION; OXIDATIVE DNA-DAMAGE; LIPID-PEROXIDATION; CROCIDOLITE ASBESTOS; AMPHIBOLE ASBESTOS; OXYGEN RADICALS; APOPTOSIS; FIBERS; MECHANISMS
Authors: LS Welch, E Haile, J Dement, D Michaels
Title: Change in prevalence of asbestos-related disease among sheet metal workers 1986 to 2004
Full source: Chest, 2007, Vol 131, Iss 3, pp 863-869
Author keywords: asbestos; asbestosis; prevalence
Document type: Article
Address: Welch LS, Ctr Protect Workers Rights, 8484 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA
Publisher: Amer Coll Chest Physicians,3300 Dundee Road,Northbrook,IL 60062-2348,USA
KeyWords Plus: READER CERTIFICATION PROGRAM; MORTALITY EXPERIENCE; UNITED-STATES; EXPOSURE; CANADA; LUNG
Authors: PA Sullivan
Title: Vermiculite, respiratory disease, and asbestos exposure in Libby, Montana: Update of a cohort mortality study
Full source: Environmental Health Perspectives, 2007, Vol 115, Iss 4, pp 579-585
Author keywords: amphibole fibers; asbestos; asbestosis; asbestos-related disease; insulation; lung cancer; mesothelioma; richterite; tremolite; winchite
Document type: Article
Address: Sullivan PA, NIOSH, Field Studies Branch, Div Resp Dis Studies,1095 Willowdale Rd, Morgantown,WV 26505 USA
Publisher: US Dept Health Human Sciences, Public Health Science, Natl Inst Health. Natl Inst
Environmental Health Sciences, PO Box 12233, Res Triangle Pk, NC 27709-2233, USA
KeyWords Plus: TREMOLITE ACTINOLITE; FIBROUS AMPHIBOLE; MINERS; MILLERS; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; ABNORMALITIES; MORBIDITY
Authors: P Boffetta, JK McLaughlin, C LaVecchia, P Autier, P Boyle
Title: 'Environment' in cancer causation and etiological fraction: limitations and ambiguities
Full source: Carcinogenesis, 2007, Vol 28, Iss 5, pp 913-915
KeyWords Plus: LUNG-CANCER; NONOCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; CASALE-MONFERRATO; ASBESTOS; RISK; CROCIDOLITE; MORTALITY
TGA/Book No.: 162WX
Discipline: Oncogenesis & Cancer Research
Document type: Review
Language: English
Address: Boffetta P, Int Agcy Res Canc, 150 Cours Albert Thomas, F-69008 Lyon, FRANCE
ISBN/ISSN: Oxford Univ Press,Great Clarendon St,Oxford Ox2 6DP, England
Authors : Brent LF, Richter R, Mowat F, Mynarek S, Paustenbach DJ, Warmerdam JM and Sheehan P.
Title : Cumulative asbestos exposure for US automobile mechanics involved in brake repair (circa 1950s–2000)
Full source : Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology (2007), 1–12
Address : Dr. Fionna S. Mowat, Exponent, 149 Commonwealth Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA, Tel.: ?650 688 1782. Fax: ?650 688 1799. E-mail: fmowat@exponent.com
Key words: chrysotile asbestos, brake wear debris, exposure assessment, auto mechanics
Authors : Bernstein D, Gibbs A, Pooley F, Langer A, Donaldson K, Hoskins J and Dunnigan J
Title : Misconceptions and Misuse of International Agency for Research on Cancer « Classification of Carcinogenic Substances » : The Case of Asbestos
Full Source : Indoor and Built Environment (2007) 16 : 94-98
Address : Dr. J. Dunnigan, 380 Chemin de North Hatley, Katevale, QC, Canada J0B1W0
E-mail : jacdun@cgocable.ca
Key words : ASBESTOS, CARCINOGENS, CLASSIFICATION, IARC, HAZARD, RISK
Publisher : SAGE Publications, available at http://ibe.sage.pub.com
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January, February and March 2007
Authors: DM Bernstein
Title: Special-purpose fiber type 475 - Toxicological assessment
Full source: Inhalation Toxicology, 2007, Vol 19, Iss 2, pp 149-159
Document type: Article
Address: Bernstein DM,40 Chemin Petite Boissiere,CH-1208 Geneva, SWITZERLAND
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, 325 Chestnut St, Suite 800,Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
KeyWords Plus: REFRACTORY CERAMIC FIBERS; SYNTHETIC MINERAL FIBERS; EPITHELIAL CLARA CELL; AMOSITE ASBESTOS; VITREOUS FIBERS; INTRAPERITONEAL INJECTION; PLEURAL RESPONSES; MAMMALIAN LUNG; INHALATION; RATS
Authors: E Tatrai, Z Kovacikova, M Brozik, E Six, M Csik, J Tulinska, A Drahos, A Dam
Title: The influence of refractory ceramic fibres on pulmonary morphology, redox and immune system in rats.
Full source: Journal of Applied Toxicology, 2006, Vol 26, Iss 6, pp 500-508
Author keywords: refractory ceramic fibres; lungs; histology; EDXA; EC-SOD; GSH; immunoglobulins; pneumocytes type II; alveolar macrophages; rat
Document type: Article
Address: Tatrai E,Natl Inst Environm Hlth,POB 22,H-1450 Budapest,HUNGARY
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd,the Atrium, Southern Gate,Chichester PO19 8Sq,W Sussex, England
KeyWords Plus: EXTRACELLULAR-SUPEROXIDE-DISMUTASE; GLUTATHIONE; LUNG; HAMSTERS; TISSUES; STRESS; INJURY; CELLS
Authors: PA Zucali, G Giaccone
Title: Biology and management of malignant pleural mesothelioma
Full source: European Journal of Cancer, 2006, Vol 42, Iss 16, pp 2706-2714
Author keywords: malignant pleural mesothelioma; biology; management; pemetrexed; targeted therapy
Document type: Review
Address: Giaccone G, VU Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Med Oncol, Boelelaan 1117, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
Publisher: Elsevier Sci Ltd, the Boulevard Langford Lane, Kidlington,Oxford Ox5 1GB, Oxon, England
KeyWords Plus: PHASE-II TRIAL; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITOR; GROWTH-FACTOR-BETA; LEUKEMIA GROUP-B; LARGE-T-ANTIGEN; CELL-LINES; INTRAPLEURAL CHEMOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE RADIATION; EUROPEAN-ORGANIZATION; PROTEASOME INHIBITORS
Authors: JH Lange, SLM Sites, G Mastrange, KW Thomulka
Title: Asbestos abatement in a location previously improperly abated
Full source: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2006, Vol 77, Iss 5, pp 723-725
Document type: Article
Publisher: Springer, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA
Authors: JH Lange, SLM Sites, G Mastrangelo, KW Thomulka
Title: Exposure to airborne asbestos during abatement of ceiling material, window caulking, floor tile, and roofing material.
Full source: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2006, Vol 77, Iss 5, pp 718-722
Document type: Article
Address: Lange JH, Envirosafe Training & Consultants,Pittsburgh, PA 15239 USA
Publisher: Springer, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA
KeyWords Plus: WALL PLASTER; INSULATION
Authors: MB Schenker, LA Beckett, HW Day, XL Pan
Title: Residential proximity to naturally occurring asbestos and mesothelioma risks: Further consideration of exposure misclassification and occupational confounding.
Full source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2006, Vol 174, Iss 12, pp 1400-1401
Document type: Letter
Address: Schenker MB, Univ Calif Davis, Davis, CA 95616 USA
Publisher: Amer Thoracic Soc,1740 Broadway, New York, NY 10019-4374,USA
Authors: MA Kelsh, DW Berman
Title: Residential proximity to naturally occurring asbestos and mesothelioma risks: Further consideration of exposure misclassification and occupational confounding.
Full source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2006, Vol 174, Iss 12, pp 1400
Document type: Letter
Address: Kelsh MA, Exponent Inc, Menlo Pk, CA USA
Publisher: Amer Thoracic Soc,1740 Broadway,New York,NY 10019-4374,USA
Authors: M Carbone, S Emri, AU Dogan, I Steele, M Tuncer, HI Pass, YI Baris
Title: A mesothelioma epidemic in Cappadocia: scientific developments and unexpected social outcomes.
Full source: Nature Reviews Cancer, 2007, Vol 7, Iss 2, pp 147-154
Document type: Article
Address: Carbone M, Canc Res Ctr Hawaii, Thorac Oncol Program, 1236 Lauhala St, Honolulu, HI 96816 USA
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group,Macmillan Building, 4 Crinan St,London N1 9Xw,England
KeyWords Plus: MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA; ASBESTOS EXPOSURE; CROCIDOLITE ASBESTOS; GENETIC-SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAMMALIAN-CELLS; HUMAN CANCER; TURKEY; FIBERS; SV40; SIMIAN-VIRUS-40
Authors: SJ Copley, YCG Lee, DM Hansell, P Sivakumaran, MB Rubens, AJN Taylor, RM Rudd, AW Musk, AU Wells
Title: Asbestos-induced and smoking-related disease: Apportioning pulmonary function deficit by using thin-section CT.
Full source: Radiology, 2007, Vol 242, Iss 1, pp 258-266
Document type: Article
Address: Wells AU, Royal Brompton Hosp, Interstit Lung Dis Unit, Emmanuel Kaye Bldg, Manresa Rd, London SW6 LR6, ENGLAND
Publisher: Radiological Soc North America,820 Jorie Blvd,Oak Brook,IL 60523,USA
KeyWords Plus: HIGH-RESOLUTION CT; COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; VARIABILITY; COMMITTEE; FEATURES; WORKERS; AIRWAYS; EXTENT; LUNGS
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October, November and December 2006
Authors: C Abbate, C Giorgianni, R Brecciaroli, G Giacobbe, C Costa, V Cavallari, F Albiero, S Catania, MA Tringali, LB Martino, S Abbate
Title: Changes induced by exposure of the human lung to glass fiber-reinforced plastic
Full source: Environmental Health Perspectives, 2006, Vol 114, Iss 11, pp 1725-1729
Author keywords: BAL; biochemical analysis; bronchoalveolar lavage; glass fiber-reinforced plastic; lung; microscopy
Document type: Article
Address: Abbate C,Univ Messina,Dept Social Med,Occupat Med Sect,Azienda Policlin,Via Consolare Valeria 1,I-98100 Messina,ITALY
Publisher: US Dept Health Human Sciences Public Health Science,Natl Inst Health Natl Inst Environmental Health Sciences, PO Box 12233, Res. Triangle Pk, NC 27709-2233,USA
KeyWords Plus: MADE VITREOUS FIBERS; RESPIRATORY-DISEASE; MINERAL FIBERS; RAT ALVEOLAR; IN-VITRO; INHALATION; STYRENE; MACROPHAGES; HAMSTER; MICE
Authors: AJ Ghio, W Funkhouser, CB Pugh, S Winters, JG Stonehuerner, AM Mahar, VL Roggli
Title: Pulmonary febrosis and ferruginous bodies associated with exposure to synthetic fibers
Full source: Toxicologic Pathology, 2006, Vol 34, Iss 6, pp 723-729
Author keywords: textiles; nylon; Dacron; pulmonary fibrosis; pulmonary diseases; pneumoconiosis
KeyWords Plus: INTERSTITIAL LUNG-DISEASE; FLOCK WORKERS LUNG; ASBESTOS; FIBROSIS
Discipline: Pharmacology & Toxicology
Document type: Article
Language: English
Address: Ghio AJ,US EPA,Human Studies Div,Clin Res Branch,Off Res & Dev,Campus Box 7315,104 Mason Farm Rd,Chapel Hill,NC 27599 USA
ISBN/ISSN: 0192-6233
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc,325 Chestnut St, Suite 800,Philadelphia,PA 19106,USA
Authors: JC McDonald, JM Harris, G Berry
Title: Sixty years on: the price of assembling military gas masks in 1940
Full source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2006, Vol 63, Iss 12, pp 852-855
Document type: Article
Address: McDonald JC, Natl Heart & Lung Inst, Dovehouse St, London SW3 6LY, ENGLAND
Publisher: B M J Publishing Group, British Med Assoc House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9Jr, England
KeyWords Plus: MESOTHELIOMA; EXPOSURE; CROCIDOLITE
Authors: C Robinson, I vanBruggen, A Segal, M Dunham, A Sherwood, F Koentgen, BWS Robinson, RA Lake
Title: A novel SV40 TAg transgenic model of asbestos-induced mesothelioma: Malignant transformation is dose dependent
Full source: Cancer Research, 2006, Vol 66, Iss 22, pp 10786-10794
KeyWords Plus: LARGE-T-ANTIGEN; SMALL TUMOR-ANTIGEN; PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA; SIMIAN-VIRUS-40 INFECTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE-2A; CELL-TRANSFORMATION; POLIOVIRUS VACCINES; DNA-SEQUENCES; CANCER; ASSOCIATION
Discipline: Oncogenesis & Cancer Research
Document type: Article
Language: English
Address: Lake RA,Univ Western Australia,Sir Charles Gairdner Hosp,Sch Med & Pharmacol,4th Floor,G Blok,Nedlands,WA 6009,AUSTRALIA
ISBN/ISSN: 0008-5472
Publisher: Amer Assoc Cancer Research, 615 Chestnut St, 17Th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19106-4404, USA
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July, August and September 2006
Authors: VL Roggli
Title: The role of analytical SEM in the determination of causation in malignant mesothelioma
Full source: Ultrastructural Pathology, 2006, Vol 30, Iss 1-2, pp 31-35
Author keywords: asbestos; fiber analysis; fiber size; mesothelioma; scanning electron microscopy
Document type : Article
Address: Roggli VL, Duke Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Pathol Durham, NC 27710 USA
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc,325 Chestnut St, Suite 800,Philadelphia,PA 19106,USA
KeyWords Plus: ASBESTOS FIBER TYPE; LUNG-TISSUE; WORKERS; PLEURA
Authors: A Senyigit, A Dalgic, O Kavak, AC Tanrikulu
Title: Determination of environmental exposure to asbestos (Tremolite) and mesothelioma risks in the southeastern region of Turkey
Full source: Archives of Environmental Health, 2004, Vol 59, Iss 12, pp 658-662
Author keywords: environmental asbestos exposure; malignant mesothelioma; mineralogical analysis
Document type: Article
Address: Senyigit A, Dicle Univ, Fac Engn, Min Dept, TR-21280 Diyarbakir, TURKEY
Publisher: Heldref Publications,1319 Eighteenth St NW,Washington,DC 20036-1802,USA
KeyWords Plus: PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA
Authors: CL Blake, GS Dotson, RD Harbison
Title: Assessment of airborne asbestos exposure during the servicing and handling of automobile asbestos-containing gaskets
Full source: Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 2006, Vol 45, Iss 2, pp 214-222
Author keywords: asbestos; automotive; gaskets; mechanics; occupational; exposure
Document type: Article
Address: Harbison RD,13201 Bruce B Downs Blvd,Tampa,FL 33612 USA
Publisher: Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science,525 B St, Ste 1900, San Diego,CA 92101-4495, USA
KeyWords Plus: BRAKE MECHANICS; AUTO MECHANICS; MESOTHELIOMA; DISEASE; RISK
Authors: G Cardinali, D Kovacs, V Maresca, E Flori, ML DellAnna, A Campopiano, S Casciardi, G Spagnoli, MR Torrisi, M Picardo
Title: Differential in vitro cellular response induced by exposure to synthetic vitreous fibers (SVFs) and asbestos crocidolite fibers
Full source: Experimental and Molecular Pathology, 2006, Vol 81, Iss 1, pp 31-41
Author keywords: SVFs; crocidolite asbestos fibers; cell viability; oxidative stress; proliferation
Document type: Article
Address: Picardo M, San Gallicano Dermatol Inst,Via San Gallicano 25-A, I-00153 Rome, ITALY
Publisher: Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science,525 B St, Ste 1900, San Diego, CA 92101-4495, USA
KeyWords Plus: PLEURAL MESOTHELIAL CELLS; GROWTH-FACTOR-RECEPTOR; LUNG EPITHELIAL-CELLS; SUPEROXIDE-DISMUTASE; LIPID-PEROXIDATION; CHRYSOTILE FIBERS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; DNA-DAMAGE; RAT; PROLIFERATION
Authors: A Reid, NH deKlerk, GL Ambrosini, G Berry, AW Musk
Title: The risk of lung cancer with increasing time since ceasing exposure to asbestos and quitting smoking
Full source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2006, Vol 63, Iss 8, pp 509-512
Document type: Article
Address: Reid A, Univ Western Australia, Occupat & Environm Epidemiol Grp, Sch Populat Hlth, M435,35 Stirling Highway, Nedlands, WA 6009,AUSTRALIA
Publisher: B M J Publishing Group, British Med Assoc House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9Jr, England
Authors: BW Case
Title: Asbestos, smoking, and lung cancer: interaction and attribution
Full source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2006, Vol 63, Iss 8, pp 507-508
Document type: Editorial
Address: Case BW, McGill Univ, Hosp Ctr, Dept Pathol,1650 Cedar Ave W, Room C3-157, Montreal, PQ, H3G 1A4, CANADA
Publisher: B M J Publishing Group,British Med Assoc House, Tavistock Square,London WC1H 9Jr, England
KeyWords Plus: EPITHELIAL-CELLS; EXPOSURE; MESOTHELIOMA
Authors: K Rodelsperger, B Bruckel
Title: The Carcinogenicity of WHO fibers of silicon carbide: SiC whiskers compared to cleavage fragments of granular SiC
Full source: Inhalation Toxicology, 2006, Vol 18, Iss 9, pp 623-631
Document type: Article
Address: Rodelsperger K, Univ Giessen, Inst & Poliklin Arbeits & Sozialmed, Aulweg 129-3, D-35392 Giessen,GERMANY
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, 325 Chestnut St, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
KeyWords Plus: VITREOUS FIBERS; RISK-ASSESSMENT; FIBROUS GLASS; ASBESTOS; RATS; INHALATION; MESOTHELIOMA; PARTICLES; DIMENSION; TOXICITY
Authors: RF Dodson, SP Hammar
Title: Pleural mesothelioma in a woman whose documented past exposure to asbestos was from smoking asbestos-containing filtered cigarettes: The comparative value of analytical transmission electron microscopic analysis of lung and lymph-node tissue
Full source: Inhalation Toxicology, 2006, Vol 18, Iss 9, pp 679-684
Document type: Article
Address: Dodson RF, Dodson Environm Consulting Inc, 2026 Republ Dr, Suite A, Tyler,TX 75701 USA
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, 325 Chestnut St, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
KeyWords Plus: GENERAL-POPULATION; FERRUGINOUS BODIES; FIBER BURDEN; INDIVIDUALS; CLEARANCE; DISEASES; WORKERS; MESENTERY; PLAQUES; AMOSITE
Authors: L Braun, S Kisting
Title: Asbestos-related disease in South Africa: The social production of an invisible epidemic
Full source: American Journal of Public Health, 2006, Vol 96, Iss 8, pp 1386-1396
Document type: Article
Address: Braun L, Brown Univ, Dept African Studies, Box G, Providence, RI 02910 USA
Publisher: Amer Public Health Assoc Inc,800 I Street, NW,Washington,DC 20001-3710,USA
KeyWords Plus: OCCUPATIONAL-DISEASES; MINES
Authors: DM Bernstein, JA Hoskins
Title: The health effects of chrysotile: Current perspective based upon recent data
Full source: Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 2006, Vol 45, Iss 3, pp 252-264
Author keywords: chrysotile; serpentine; amphiboles; asbestos; biopersistence; carcinogenicity; epidemiology; fiber
Document type: Article
Publisher: Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science, 525 B St, Ste 1900, San Diego, CA 92101-4495, USA
KeyWords Plus: ASBESTOS FOLLOWING INHALATION; MADE VITREOUS FIBERS; REFRACTORY CERAMIC FIBER; SYNTHETIC MINERAL FIBERS; SHORT-TERM EXPOSURE; FISCHER-344 RATS; PURE TREMOLITE; GLASS-FIBERS; LUNG-CANCER; BIOPERSISTENCE
Authors: XC Wang, JM Samet, AJ Ghio
Title: Asbestos-induced activation of cell signaling pathways in human bronchial epithelial cells
Full source: Experimental Lung Research, 2006, Vol 32, Iss 6, pp 229-243
Author keywords: lung cancer; lung diseases and pneumoconiosis; oxidants
Document type: Article
Address: Ghio AJ, US EPA, Human Studies Div, NHEERL, Natl Hlth Effects & Environm Res Lab, Off Res & De, Res Triangle Pk, NC 27711, USA
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc,325 Chestnut St, Suite 800,Philadelphia,PA 19106,USA
KeyWords Plus: EPIDERMAL GROWTH-FACTOR; PROTEIN-KINASE; C-JUN; REGULATED KINASE-1; FACTOR RECEPTOR; EXPRESSION; PROLIFERATION; H2O2; TRANSFORMATION; APOPTOSIS
Authors: K Horton, V Kapil, T Larson, O Muravov, N Melnikova, B Anderson
Title: A review of the federal government's health activities in response to asbestos-contaminated ore found in Libby, Montana
Full source: Inhalation Toxicology, 2006, Vol 18, Iss 12, pp 925-940
Document type: Article
Address: Kapil V, Agcy Tox Subst & Dis Registry, Div Hlth Studies, Surveillance & Registries Branch,1600 Clifton Rd NE, Mailstop E-31, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc,325 Chestnut St, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA; DISEASE; VERMICULITE; EXPOSURE; SHIPYARD; WORKERS
Authors: J Kelly, GC Pratt, J Johnson, RB Messing
Title: Community exposure to asbestos from a vermiculite exfoliation plant in NE Minneapolis
Full source: Inhalation Toxicology, 2006, Vol 18, Iss 12, pp 941-947
Document type: Article
Address: Kelly J, Minnesota Dept Hlth, 625 N Robert St, POB 64975, St Paul, MN 55164. USA
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc,325 Chestnut St, Suite 800,Philadelphia,PA 19106,USA
KeyWords Plus: TREMOLITE ACTINOLITE; MORTALITY; MORBIDITY; MONTANA; MINERS; LIBBY
Authors: BR Bandli, ME Gunter
Title: A review of scientific literature examining the mining history, geology, mineralogy, and amphibole asbestos health effects of the Rainy Creek igneous complex, Libby, Montana, USA
Full source: Inhalation Toxicology, 2006, Vol 18, Iss 12, pp 949-962
Document type: Article
Address: Bandli BR, MVA Sci Consultants, 3300 Breckinridge Blvd, Suite 400, Duluth, GA 30097, USA
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc,325 Chestnut St, Suite 800,Philadelphia,PA 19106,USA
KeyWords Plus: VERMICULITE MINERS; TREMOLITE-ACTINOLITE; FIBROUS TREMOLITE; NON-ASBESTIFORM; MORTALITY; EXPOSURE; MORBIDITY; NOMENCLATURE; COHORT; ROCKS
Authors: JS Webber, M Getman, TJ Ward
Title: Evidence and reconstruction of airborne asbestos from unconventional environmental samples
Full source: Inhalation Toxicology, 2006, Vol 18, Iss 12, pp 969-973
Document type: Article
Address: Webber JS, New York State Dept Hlth, Wadsworth Ctr, POB 509, Albany, NY 12201, USA
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc,325 Chestnut St, Suite 800,Philadelphia,PA 19106,USA
Authors: SA Wood, AE Taunton, C Normand, ME Gunter
Title: Mineral-fluid interaction in the lungs: Insights from reaction-path modeling
Full source: Inhalation Toxicology, 2006, Vol 18, Iss 12, pp 975-984
Document type: Article
Address: Wood SA, Univ Idaho, Dept Geol Sci, Box 443022, Moscow, ID 83844, USA
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, 325 Chestnut St, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
KeyWords Plus: DISSOLUTION KINETICS; CHRYSOTILE ASBESTOS; STRUCTURAL DEFECTS; AQUEOUS-SOLUTIONS; TREMOLITE; FIBERS; BIOPERSISTENCE; AMPHIBOLES; BIODURABILITY; MONTANA
Authors: MA Pershouse, S Heivly, T Girtsman
Title: The role of SV40 in malignant mesothelioma and other human malignancies
Full source: Inhalation Toxicology, 2006, Vol 18, Iss 12, pp 995-1000
Document type: Article
Address: Pershouse MA, Univ Montana, Natl Ctr Environm Hlth, Dept Biomed & Pharmaceut Sci, 32 Campus Dr, Skaggs Bldg 052A, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc,325 Chestnut St, Suite 800,Philadelphia,PA 19106,USA
KeyWords Plus: T-ANTIGEN; TRANSGENIC MICE; ABERRANT METHYLATION; TUMOR-ANTIGEN; SIMIAN-VIRUS-40; CANCER; CELLS; INFECTION; TRANSFORMATION; EXPRESSION
Authors: JC Pfau, M Pershouse, EA Putnam
Title: Conference summary. Directions and needs in asbestos research: New insights
Full source: Inhalation Toxicology, 2006, Vol 18, Iss 12, pp 919-923
Document type: Editorial
Address: Pfau JC, Univ Montana, Dept Biomed & Pharmaceut Sci, Environm Hlth Sci Ctr, SB154, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc,325 Chestnut St, Suite 800,Philadelphia,PA 19106,USA
Authors: O Hagemeyer, H Otten, T Kraus
Title: Asbestos consumption, asbestos exposure and asbestos-related occupational diseases in Germany
Full source: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 2006, Vol 79, Iss 8, pp 613-620
Author keywords: asbestos; Germany; occupational diseases; history of medicine; post-exposure medical examinations
Document type: Review
Address: Kraus T, Rhein Westfal TH Aachen, Inst Occupat & Social Med, Pauwelsstr 30, D-52074 Aachen, GERMANY
Publisher: Springer,233 Spring Street,New York,NY 10013,USA
KeyWords Plus: MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; CANCER; DNA
Authors: S Travaglione, BM Bruni, L Falzano, P Filippini, A Fabbri, L Paoletti, C Fiorentini
Title: Multinucleation and pro-inflammatory cytokine release promoted by fibrous fluoro-edenite in lung epithelial A549 cells
Full source: Toxicology in Vitro, 2006, Vol 20, Iss 6, pp 841-850
Author keywords: fibrous fluoro-edenite; crocidolite; epithelial cells; multinucleation; inflammatory cytokines
Document type: Article
Address: Fiorentini C, Ist Super Sanita, Dept Drug Res & Evaluat,Viale Regina Elena 299, I-00161 Rome, ITALY
Publisher: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd,the Boulevard Langford Lane, Kidlington,Oxford Ox5 1GB,England
KeyWords Plus: MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA; ASBESTOS-RELATED DISEASE; CROCIDOLITE ASBESTOS; AMPHIBOLE; FIBERS; CANCER; BIANCAVILLA; APOPTOSIS; CYTOCHALASIN; ACTIVATION
ARRIBA
April, May and June 2006
Authors: J Topinka, P Loli, M Dusinska, M Hurbankova, Z Kovacikova, K Volkovova, A Kazimirova, M Barancokova, E Tatrai, T Wolff, D Oesterle, SA Kyrtopoulos, P Georgiadis
Title: Mutagenesis by man-made mineral fibres in the lung of rats
Full source: Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis, 2006, Vol 595, Iss 1-2, pp 174-183
Author keywords: rock (stone) wool; glass wool; inflammation; mutations; transgenic rats
Document type : Article
Address: Topinka J,GSF, Natl Res Ctr Environm & Hlth, Inst Toxicol,Ingolstaedter Landstr 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, GERMANY
Publisher: Elsevier Science Bv,PO Box 211,1000 AE Amsterdam,Netherlands
KeyWords Plus: SYNTHETIC VITREOUS FIBERS; LACI TRANSGENIC RATS; AMOSITE ASBESTOS; INHALATION; TOXICITY; SAMPLES; BIOPERSISTENCE; CROCIDOLITE; EXPRESSION; MUTATIONS
Authors: J Topinka, P Loli, M Hurbankova, Z Kovacikova, K Volkovova, T Wolff, D Oesterle, SA Kyrtopoulos, P Georgiadis
Title: Benzo[a]pyrene-enhanced mutagenesis by man-made mineral fibres in the lung of lambda-lacI transgenic rats
Full source: Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis, 2006, Vol 595, Iss 1-2, pp 167-173
Author keywords: rock (stone) wool; glass wool; benzo[a]pyrene; inflammation; mutations; transgenic rats
Document type : Article
Address: Topinka J, AS CR, Inst Expt Med, Lab Genet Ecotoxicol, Videnska 1083, Prague 14220 4,CZECH REPUBLIC
Publisher: Elsevier Science Bv,PO Box 211,1000 AE Amsterdam,Netherlands
KeyWords Plus: VITREOUS FIBERS; CIGARETTE-SMOKE; ASBESTOS; BIOPERSISTENCE; CROCIDOLITE; INHALATION; EXPOSURE; SAMPLES; ADDUCT; CELLS
Authors: O Wong
Title: The interpretation of occupational epidemiologic data in regulation and litigation: Studies of auto mechanics and petroleum workers
Full source: Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 2006, Vol 44, Iss 3, pp 191-197
Author keywords: epidemiology; auto mechanics; asbestos; brakes; clutches; mesothelioma; petroleum workers; case reports; case-control studies; cohort studies; subcohort analysis; bias; confounding; causation; regulation; litigation
Document type : Article
Address: Wong O, Appl Hlth Sci Inc, POB 2078, San Mateo, CA 94010 USA
Publisher: Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science, 525 B St, Ste 1900, San Diego, CA 92101-4495, USA
KeyWords Plus: SBESTOS EXPOSURE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA; CHRYSOTILE ASBESTOS; UPDATED MORTALITY; UNITED-STATES; CANCER; RISK; REFINERY; CAR
Authors: CM Yarborough
Title: Chrysotile as a cause of mesothelioma: An assessment based on epidemiology
Full source: Critical Reviews in Toxicology, 2006, Vol 36, Iss 2, pp 165-187
Author keywords: asbestos; chrysotile; cohort studies; epidemiology; mesothelioma; policy; risk assessment; scientific method; tissue burden
Document type : Review
Address: Yarborough CM, Exponent Inc, 420 Lexington Ave,Suite 1740, New York, NY 10170 USA
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, 325 Chestnut St, Suite 800,Philadelphia,PA 19106,USA
KeyWords Plus: MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA; ASBESTOS CEMENT WORKERS; NONREGULATED ASBESTIFORM MINERALS; MANUFACTURING FRICTION MATERIALS; RESULTS PROGRAM DATA; SHORT-TERM EXPOSURE; WORLD-TRADE-CENTER; HUMAN-LUNG-TISSUE; CANCER-MORTALITY; SHIPYARD WORKERS
Authors: JH Lange, KW Thomulka, SLM Sites, G Priolo, G Mastrangelo
Title: Personal airborne asbestos exposure levels associated with various types of abatement
Full source: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2006, Vol 76, Iss 3, pp 389-391
Author keywords: WORLD-TRADE-CENTER; CAULKING; REMOVAL; WORKERS; HEALTH
Discipline: Pharmacology & Toxicology
Document type : Article
Language: English
Address: Lange JH, Envirosafe Training & Consultants, Post Office Box, Pittsburgh, PA 15239 USA
ISBN/ISSN: 0007-4861
Publisher: Springer,233 Spring Street,New York,NY 10013,USA
Authors: M Goldberg, E Imbernon, P Rolland, AGS Ilg, M Saves, A deQuillacq, C Frenay, S Chammings, P Arveux, C Boutin, G Launoy, JC Pairon, P Astoul, F GalateauSalle, P Brochard
Title: The French National Mesothelioma Surveillance Program
Full source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2006, Vol 63, Iss 6, pp 390-395
Document type: Article
Address: Goldberg M, Ins. Veille Sanitaire, Dépt Santé Travail, 12,Rue Val Osne, F-94410 St Maurice, FRANCE
Publisher: B M J Publishing Group, British Med Assoc House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9Jr, England
KeyWords Plus: PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA; MORTALITY; TRENDS; FRANCE
Authors: AU Dogan, YI Baris, M Dogan, S Emri, I Steele, AG Elmishad, M Carbone
Title: Genetic predisposition to fiber carcinogenesis causes a mesothelioma epidemic in Turkey
Full source: Cancer Research, 2006, Vol 66, Iss 10, pp 5063-5068
Document type : Article
Address: Carbone M, Canc Res Ctr Hawaii, Thorac Oncol Program, 651 Ilalo St, BSB Room 228, Honolulu,HI 96813 USA
Publisher: Amer Assoc Cancer Research,615 Chestnut St, 17Th Floor,Philadelphia,PA 19106-4404,USA
KeyWords Plus: MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA; CAPPADOCIAN REGION; CRYSTAL-CHEMISTRY; ERIONITE; ASBESTOS; PATHOGENESIS; ASSOCIATION; ZEOLITES; EXPOSURE
ARRIBA
January, February and March 2006
Authors: HC Hasanoglu, Z Yildirim, H Ermis, T Kilic, N Koksal
Title: Lung cancer and mesothelioma in towns with environmental exposure to asbestos in Eastern Anatolia. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 2006, Vol 79, Iss 1, pp 89-91
Author keywords: asbestos; environmental exposure; lung cancer; mesothelioma
Document type : Article
Address: Yildirim Z, Inonu Univ, Fac Med, Dept Pulm Med, TR-44069 Malatya,TURKEY
Publisher: Springer,233 Spring Street,New York,NY 10013,USA
KeyWords Plus: TURKEY
Authors: V Gennaro, D Ugolini, P Viarengo, L Benfatto, M Bianchelli, A Lazzarotto, F Montanaro, R Puntoni
Title: Incidence of pleural mesothelioma in Liguria Region, Italy (1996-2002)
Full source: European Journal of Cancer, 2005, Vol 41, Iss 17, pp 2709-2714
Author keywords: mesothelioma; incidence; registries; Italy; asbestos; environmental exposure; occupational exposure
Document type: Article
Address: Gennaro V, Natl Inst Canc Res ,Dept Epidemiol & Prevent ,Liguria Reg Operating Ctr COR,Natl Mesothelioma Registry Descript Epidemiol, Largo R Benzi 10,I-16132, Genoa, ITALY
Publisher: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd,the Boulevard Langford Lane, Kidlington,Oxford Ox5 1GB,England
KeyWords Plus: MORTALITY; WORKERS; PERIOD; TRENDS; EUROPE; AGE
Authors: AJ Darnton, DM McElvenny, JT Hodgson
Title: Estimating the number of asbestos-related lung cancer deaths in Great Britain from 1980 to 2000
Full source: Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 2006, Vol 50, Iss 1, pp 29-38
Author keywords: asbestos; lung cancer; mesothelioma; mortality; smoking
Document type: Article
Address: Darnton AJ,Hlth & Safety Execut,Epidemiol & Med Stat Unit, Magdalen House, Trinity Rd,Bootle L20 3QZ,Merseyside,ENGLAND
Publisher: Oxford Univ Press,Great Clarendon St, Oxford Ox2 6DP,England
KeyWords Plus: MESOTHELIOMA MORTALITY; RISK-FACTORS; EXPOSURE; SMOKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GERMANY; EUROPE; WEST; MEN
Authors: A Nayebzadeh, BW Case, J Masse, A Dufresne
Title: Mineralogical and exposure determinants of pulmonary fibrosis among Quebec chrysotile miners and millers
Full source: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 2006, Vol 79, Iss 3, pp 227-236
Author keywords: tremolite; chrysotile; pulmonary fibrosis; asbestosis
Document type: Article
Address: Dufresne A,McGill Univ,Dept Epidemiol Biostat & Occupat Hlth,3450 Univ St,Suite 31,Montreal,PQ H3A 2A7,CANADA
Publisher: Springer, 233 Spring Street,New York,NY 10013,USA
KeyWords Plus: ASBESTOS-ASSOCIATED DISEASES; FIBER CONTENT; CROCIDOLITE ASBESTOS; DUST EXPOSURE; LUNG-CANCER; MOUSE LUNG; WORKERS; BURDEN; MESOTHELIOMA; MORTALITY
Authors: KC Chang, CC Leung, CM Tam, WC Yu, DS Hui, WK Lam
Title: Malignant mesothelioma in Hong Kong
Full source: Respiratory Medicine, 2006, Vol 100, Iss 1, pp 75-82
Author keywords: asbestos; environmental exposures; epidemiology; mesothelioma; occupational exposures
Document type: Article
Address: Chang KC,Yaumatei Jockey Club Polyclin,2-F,145,Battery St,Kowloon,Hong Kong,PEOPLES R CHINA
Publisher: W B Saunders Co Ltd,32 Jamestown Rd,London NW1 7by,England
KeyWords Plus: ASBESTOS-RELATED DISEASE; UNITED-STATES; PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA; LUNG-DISEASE; EXPOSURE; WORKERS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; SURVEILLANCE; TRENDS; DNA
Authors: E Tatrai, M Brozik, A Drahos, Z Kovacikova, E Six, M Csik, A Dam
Title: The effect of stone-wool on rat lungs and on the primary culture of rat alveolar macro
Full source: Journal of Applied Toxicology, 2006, Vol 26, Iss 1, pp 16-24
Author keywords: stone-wool; pulmonary fibrosis; EDXA; pneumocytes; alveolar macrophages; lectins; antioxidant system; MCP-1; MIP-1 alpha
Document type: Article
Address: Tatrai E,Fodor Jozsef Natl Ctr Publ Hlth,H-1450 Budapest,HUNGARY
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd,the Atrium, Southern Gate,Chichester PO19 8Sq,W Sussex, England
KeyWords Plus: GAMMA-GLUTAMYL-TRANSPEPTIDASE; EPITHELIAL-CELLS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; GLUTATHIONE; INFLAMMATION; ASBESTOS; DISEASE
Authors: CA Brodkin, JR Balmes, CA Redlich, MR Cullen
Title: Residential proximity to naturally occurring asbestos: Health risk or ecologic fallacy?
Full source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2006, Vol 173, Iss 5, pp 573
KeyWords Plus: CANCER
TGA/Book No.: 016KK
Discipline: Medical Research, Organs & Systems
Document type: Letter
Language: English
Address: Brodkin CA,Univ Washington,Seattle,WA 98195 USA
ISBN/ISSN: 1073-449X
Publisher: Amer Thoracic Soc,1740 Broadway,New York,NY 10019-4374,USA
Authors: M Schenker, H Day, L Beckett, XL Pan
Title: Residential proximity to naturally occurring asbestos: Health risk or ecologic fallacy?
Full source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2006, Vol 173, Iss 5, pp 573-574
KeyWords Plus: MESOTHELIOMA
TGA/Book No.: 016KK
Discipline: Medical Research, Organs & Systems
Document type: Letter
Language: English
Address: Schenker M,Univ Calif Davis,Davis,CA 95616 USA
ISBN/ISSN: 1073-449X
Publisher: Amer Thoracic Soc,1740 Broadway,New York,NY 10019-4374,USA
Authors: DM Bernstein, R Rogers, P Smith, J Chevalier
Title: The toxicological response of Brazilian chrysotile asbestos: A multidose subchronic 90-day inhalation toxicology study with 92-day recovery to assess cellular and pathological response
Full source: Inhalation Toxicology, 2006, Vol 18, Iss 5, pp 313-332
Document type: Article
Address: Bernstein DM,40 Chemin Petite Boissiere,CH-1208 Geneva,SWITZERLAND
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc,325 Chestnut St, Suite 800,Philadelphia,PA 19106,USA
KeyWords Plus: SYNTHETIC VITREOUS FIBERS; LUNG PARTICLE OVERLOAD; SHORT-TERM EXPOSURE; RAT LUNG; MINERAL FIBERS; PURE TREMOLITE; BIOPERSISTENCE; PULMONARY; CLEARANCE; TOXICITY
ARRIBA
October, November and December 2005
Authors: HS Alfonso, L Fritschi, NH deKlerk, N Olsen, J Sleith, AW Musk
Title: Effects of asbestos and smoking on gas diffusion in people exposed to crocidolite
Full source: Medical Journal of Australia, 2005, Vol 183, Iss 4, pp 184-187
Document type: Article
Address: Alfonso HS,Curtin Univ Technol,Sch Publ Hlth,Kent St,Bentley,WA 6102, AUSTRALIA
Publisher: Australasian Med Publ Co Ltd,Level 1, 76 Berry St,Sydney,NSW 2060, Australia
KeyWords Plus ;GENERAL-POPULATION SAMPLE; LUNG-FUNCTION; WESTERN-AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; PULMONARY-FUNCTION; CAPACITY; WORKERS; MESOTHELIOMA; CESSATION; WITTENOOM
Authors: HI Pass, D Lott, F Lonardo, M Harbut, ZD Liu, NM Tang, M Carbone, C Webb, A Wali
Title: Asbestos exposure, pleural mesothelioma, and serum osteopontin levels
Full source: New England Journal of Medicine, 2005, Vol 353, Iss 15, pp 1564-1573
KeyWords Plus: MESSENGER-RNA EXPRESSION; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; CYFRA 21-1; HYALURONIC-ACID; LUNG-CANCER; OVARIAN-CANCER; DIAGNOSIS; BIOMARKER; MARKERS; BREAST
Discipline: Medical Research, General Topics
Document type: Article
Language: English
Address: Pass HI,NYU,Sch Med,Dept Cardiothorac Surg,530 1st Ave,Suite 9V,New York,NY 10016 USA
Authors: BWS Robinson, RA Lake
Title: Medical progress - Advances in malignant mesothelioma
Full source: New England Journal of Medicine, 2005, Vol 353, Iss 15, pp 1591-1603
KeyWords Plus: COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; HUMAN PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA; GROWTH-FACTOR RECEPTOR; GENE-THERAPY; LUNG-CANCER; PHASE-II; CONSECUTIVE PATIENTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; PROGNOSTIC-FACTORS
Discipline: Medical Research, General Topics
Document type: Review
Language: English
Address: Robinson BWS,Univ Western Australia,Sir Charles Gairdner Hosp,Sch Med & Pharmacol,4th Fl,G Block,Perth,WA 6009,AUSTRALIA
Authors: M Goldberg, D Luce
Title: Can exposure to very low levels of asbestos induce pleural mesothelioma?
Full source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2005, Vol 172, Iss 8, pp 939-940
KeyWords Plus: ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; TREMOLITE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER
Discipline: Medical Research, Organs & Systems
Document type: Editorial
Language: English
Address: Goldberg M,INSERM,U687,IFR69,St Maurice,FRANCE
Authors: OA Aliyu, MR Cullen, MJ Barnett, JR Balmes, B Cartmel, CA Redlich, CA Brodkin, S Barnhart, L Rosenstock, L Israel, GE Goodman, MD Thornquist, GS Omenn
Title: Evidence for excess colorectal cancer incidence among asbestos-exposed men in the beta-carotene and retinol efficacy trial
Full source: American Journal of Epidemiology, 2005, Vol 162, Iss 9, pp 868-878
Author keywords: asbestos; asbestosis; colorectal neoplasms; environmental exposure; prospective studies; randomized controlled trials; smoking
KeyWords Plus: HIGH-RISK POPULATIONS; COLON-CANCER; LUNG-CANCER; CEMENT WORKERS; MORTALITY EXPERIENCE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES; PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY; CARET; COHORTS; METAANALYSIS
Discipline: Medical Research, General Topics
Document type: Article
Language: English
Address: Cullen MR,135 Coll St,New Haven,CT 06510 USA
Authors: XL Pan, HW Day, W Wang, LA Beckett, MB Schenker
Title: Residential proximity to naturally occurring asbestos and mesothelioma risk in California
Full source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2005, Vol 172, Iss 8, pp 1019-1025
Author keywords: Cancer Registry case-control study; GIS; malignant mesothelioma; naturally occurring asbestos; occupational exposure to asbestos
KeyWords Plus: MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL-EXPOSURE; CROCIDOLITE; CANCER
Discipline: Medical Research, Organs & Systems
Document type: Article
Language: English
Address: Schenker MB,Univ Calif Davis,Dept Publ Hlth Sci,Div Environm & Occupat Hlth,1 Shields Ave,TB168,Davis,CA 95616 USA
Authors: P Wardenbach, K Rodelsperger, M Roller, H Muhle
Title: Classification of man-made vitreous fibers: Comments on the revaluation by an IARC working group
Full source: Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 2005, Vol 43, Iss 2, pp 181-193
Author keywords: man-made vitreous fibers; asbestos; carcinogenicity; intraperitoneal injection; inhalation exposure; sensitivity of rats and humans; IARC
KeyWords Plus: CHRONIC INHALATION; CARCINOGENIC POTENCY; MINERAL FIBERS; LUNG-CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL-EXPOSURE; NONFIBROUS PARTICLES; CHRYSOTILE ASBESTOS; AMOSITE ASBESTOS; FISCHER-344 RATS; CERAMIC FIBER
Discipline: Pharmacology & Toxicology
Document type: Article
Language: English
Address: Wardenbach P,Fed Inst Occupat Safety & Hlth,Safety & Hlth Chem & Biol Agents,Friedrich Henkel Weg 1-25,D-44149 Dortmund,GERMANY
Authors: M Carbone, MA Rdzanek, JJ Rudzinski, MA DeMarco, M Bocchetta, MR Nino, B Mossman, HI Pass
Title: SV40 detection in human tumor specimens
Full source: Cancer Research, 2005, Vol 65, Iss 21, pp 10120-10121
KeyWords Plus: MESOTHELIOMA
Discipline: Oncogenesis & Cancer Research
Document type: Letter
Address Carbone M, Loyola Univ, Cardinal Bernardin Canc Ctr,
Maywood, IL 60153, USA
Authors: RF Dodson, R Graef, S Shepherd, M OSullivan, J Levin
Title: Asbestos burden in cases of mesothelioma from individuals from various regions of the United States
Full source: Ultrastructural Pathology, 2005, Vol 29, Iss 5, pp 415-433
Author keywords: asbestos; electron microscopy; ferruginous bodies; mesothelioma
KeyWords Plus: NONOCCUPATIONALLY EXPOSED INDIVIDUALS; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; FIBER BURDEN; LUNG-TISSUE; FIBROUS GLASS; WORKERS; CARCINOGENICITY; DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS; DIMENSION
Discipline: Medical Research, Diagnosis & Treatment
Document type: Article
Language: English
Address: Dodson RF, ,ERI Consulting Inc,2026 Republ Dr, Ste A, Tyler, TX 75701 USA
Authors: M Metintas, S Metintas, G Hillerdal, I Ucgun, S Erginel, F Alatas, H Yildirim
Title: Nonmalignant pleural lesions due to environmental exposure to asbestos: a field-based, cross-sectional study
Full source: European Respiratory Journal, 2005, Vol 26, Iss 5, pp 875-880
Author keywords: asbestos; environmental exposure; pleura; pleural fibrosis; pleural plaques
Document type: Article
Address: Metintas M, Omeraga Mahallesi Adsiz Sokak,TR-26220 Eskisehir,TURKEY
Publisher: European Respiratory Soc Journals Ltd,146 West St Ste 2.4, Huttons Bldg,Sheffield S1 4Es, England
KeyWords Plus: OCCUPATIONAL HISTORY; COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY; LUNG-FUNCTION; PLAQUES; MESOTHELIOMA; DISEASE; POPULATION; TREMOLITE; WORKERS; TURKEY
Authors: A Reid, N deKlerk, GL Ambrosini, N Olsen, SC Pang, G Berry, AW Musk
Title: The effect of asbestosis on lung cancer risk beyond the dose related effect of asbestos alone
Full source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2005, Vol 62, Iss 12, pp 885-889
Document type: Article
Address: Reid A Univ Western Australia Sch Populat Hlth,Occupat & Environm Epidemiol Grp, M435,35 Stirling Highway, Nedlands, WA 6009, AUSTRALIA
Publisher: B M J Publishing Group, British Med Assoc House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9Jr ,England
KeyWords Plus: FORMER CROCIDOLITE WORKERS; WESTERN-AUSTRALIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUANTITATIVE RISKS; WITTENOOM GORGE; VITAMIN-A; MESOTHELIOMA; MORTALITY; MINERS; MILLERS
Authors: K Bhattacharya, E Dopp, P Kakkar, FN Jaffery, D Schiffmann, MC Jaurand, I Rahman, Q Rahman
Title: Biomarkers in risk assessment of asbestos exposure
Full source: Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis, 2005, Vol 579, Iss 1-2, pp 6-21
Author keywords: oxidants; free radicals; biomarkers; asbestos; risk assessment
KeyWords Plus: IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS; COAL-WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS; IN-SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL-EXPOSURE; TNF-ALPHA; ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGES; CROCIDOLITE ASBESTOS; CELL-TRANSFORMATION; GENE-TRANSCRIPTION
Discipline: Molecular Biology & Genetics
Document type: Review
Language: English
Address: Rahman I ,Ind Toxicol Res Ctr, POB 80, MG Marg, Lucknow 226001,
Uttar Pradesh,INDIA
ARRIBA
July, August and September 2005
Authors: P Cacciotti, D Barbone, C Porta, DA Altomare, JR Testa, L Mutti, G Gaudino
Title: SV40-dependent AKT activity drives mesothelial cell transformation after asbestos exposure
Full source: Cancer Research, 2005, Vol 65, Iss 12, pp 5256-5262
Document type: Article
Address: Cacciotti P,Univ Piemonte Orientale A Avogadro,Dept Med Sci,Via Solaroli 17,I-28100 Novara,ITALY
Publisher: Amer Assoc Cancer Research,615 Chestnut St, 17Th Floor,Philadelphia,PA 19106-4404,USA
KeyWords Plus: LARGE T-ANTIGEN; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; GROWTH-FACTOR; PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA; CANCER-THERAPY; APOPTOSIS; EXPRESSION; SV40; ACTIVATION; BCL-2
Authors: RC Brown, B Bellmann, H Muhle, JMG Davis, LD Maxim
Title: Survey of the biological effects of refractory ceramic fibres: Overload and its possible consequences
Full source: Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 2005, Vol 49, Iss 4, pp 295-307
Author keywords: classification; epidemiology; refractory ceramic fibre; risk analysis; toxicology
Document type: Article
Address: Brown RC,Toxicol Serv,Rutland,ENGLAND
Publisher: Oxford Univ Press,Great Clarendon St,Oxford Ox2 6DP,England
KeyWords Plus: MADE VITREOUS FIBERS; CHRONIC INHALATION TOXICITY; STONEWOOL FACTORY-WORKERS; LUNG FOLLOWING INHALATION; MALE FISCHER-344 RATS; RESPIRATORY HEALTH; RISK-ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL-EXPOSURE; MONITORING PROGRAM; AMOSITE ASBESTOS
Authors: D Luce, MA BillonGalland, I Bugel, P Goldberg, C Salomon, J Fevotte
Title: Assessment of environmental and domestic exposure to tremolite in New Caledonia
Full source: Archives of Environmental Health, 2004, Vol 59, Iss 2, pp 91-100
Author keywords: airborne pollutants; asbestos; lung; mesothelioma; tremolite
KeyWords Plus: MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY; ASBESTOS EXPOSURE; NORTHEAST CORSICA; FIBER BURDEN; METSOVO LUNG; OCCUPATIONAL HISTORY; MINERAL FIBER; CANCER
Discipline: Pharmacology & Toxicology
Document type: Article
Language: English
Address: Luce D,Hop Natl St Maurice,INSERM,Unite 88,14 Rue Val Osne,F-94415 St Maurice,FRANCE
Authors: C Bolognesi, F Martini, M Tognon, R Filiberti, M Neri, E Perrone, E Landini, PA Canessa, GP Ivaldi, P Betta, L Mutti, R Puntoni
Title: A molecular epidemiology case control study on pleural malignant mesothelioma
Full source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, 2005, Vol 14, Iss 7, pp 1741-1746
KeyWords Plus: HUMAN MICRONUCLEUS PROJECT; SISTER-CHROMATID EXCHANGE; HUMAN-LYMPHOCYTES; LUNG-CANCER; HETEROZYGOSITY ANALYSIS; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTES; INHALED PARTICLES; ASBESTOS FIBERS; CELL-LINES; NF2 GENE
Discipline: Oncogenesis & Cancer Research
Document type: Article
Language: English
Address: Bolognesi C,Natl Inst Canc Res,Environm Carcinogenesis Unit,L Go Rosanna Benzsi 10,I-16132 Genoa,ITALY
Authors: D Bernstein, V Castranova, K Donaldson, B Fubini, J Hadley, T Hesterberg, A Kane, D Lai, EE McConnell, H Muhle, G Oberdorster, S Olin, DB Warheit
Title: Testing of fibrous particles: Short-term assays and strategies - Report of an ILSI risk science institute working group
Full source: Inhalation Toxicology, 2005, Vol 17, Iss 10, pp 497-537
KeyWords Plus: MADE VITREOUS FIBERS; SINGLE-STRAND BREAKS; REFRACTORY CERAMIC FIBERS; PLEURAL MESOTHELIAL CELLS; LUNG EPITHELIAL-CELLS; FREE-RADICAL ACTIVITY; NF-KAPPA-B; CHRONIC INHALATION TOXICITY; SILICON-CARBIDE WHISKERS; RAT ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGES
Discipline: Pharmacology & Toxicology
Document type: Review
Language: English
Address: Olin S,Int Life Sci Inst Risk Sci Inst,1 Thomas Circle NW,9th Floor,Washington,DC 20005 USA
Authors: H Arakawa, K Honma, Y Saito, H Shida, H Morikubo, N Suganuma, M Fujioka
Title: Pleural disease in silicosis: Pleural thickening, effusion, and invagination
Full source: Radiology, 2005, Vol 236, Iss 2, pp 685-693
KeyWords Plus: ROUNDED ATELECTASIS; ASBESTOS; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; EXPOSURE; LUNG; INDIVIDUALS; LIPARITOSIS; RESPONSES; FEATURES
Discipline: Medical Research, Diagnosis & Treatment
Document type: Article
Language: English
Address: Arakawa H,Dokkyo Univ,Sch Med,Dept Radiol,Mibu,Tochigi 3210293,JAPAN
Authors: JC McDonald, AD McDonald, JM Hughes, RJ Rando, H Weill
Title: Mortality from lung and kidney disease in a cohort of North American industrial sand workers: An update
Full source: Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 2005, Vol 49, Iss 5, pp 367-373
Author keywords: lung cancer; renal disease; sand; silica; silicosis
KeyWords Plus: SILICOSIS; CANCER; EXPOSURE
Discipline: Pharmacology & Toxicology
Document type: Article
Language: English
Address: McDonald JC ,Imperial Coll Sch Med, Natl Heart & Lung Inst, Dept Occup & Environ Med, Dovehouse St, London SW3 6LY, ENGLAND
Authors: M Goldberg
Title: Are lung and pleural benign asbestos induced diseases a preliminary step in the pathogenic process of mesothelioma and lung cancer development?
Full source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2005, Vol 62, Iss 10, pp 663-664
KeyWords Plus: PLAQUES; RISK; EXPOSURE; FIBERS
Discipline: Pharmacology & Toxicology
Document type: Editorial
Language: English
Address: Goldberg M,INSERM,U687,IFR 69,14 Rue Val DOsne,F-94410 St Maurice,France
Authors: A Reid, N deKlerk, G Ambrosini, N Olsen, SC Pang, AW Musk
Title: The additional risk of malignant mesothelioma in former workers and residents of Wittenoom with benign pleural disease or asbestosis
Full source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2005, Vol 62, Iss 10, pp 665-669
KeyWords Plus: LUNG-CANCER; WESTERN-AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; BETA-CAROTENE; VITAMIN-A; CROCIDOLITE; MORTALITY; PLAQUES; MILLERS; MINERS
Discipline: Pharmacology & Toxicology
Document type: Article
Language: English
Address: Reid A,Univ Western Australia,Sch Populat Hlth,Occupat & Environm Epidemiol Grp,M435,Crawley,WA 6009,AUSTRALIA
ARRIBA
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Authors: G Lopez-Abente, V Hernandez Barrera, M Pollan, N Aragones, B PerezGomez
Title: Municipal pleural cancer mortality in Spain
Full source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2005, Vol 62, Iss 3, pp 195-199
Document type: Article
Address: Lopez-Abente G, Inst Salud Carlos III, Ctr Nacl Epidemiol,
Area Epidemiol Ambiental & Canc, Environm & Canc Epidemiol Unit, Sinesio Delgado 6, Madrid 28029, SPAIN
Publisher: B M J Publishing Group, British Med Assoc House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JR, England
KeyWords Plus: ZERO-INFLATED POISSON; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; DEATH CERTIFICATION; ASBESTOS; EXPOSURE; STATISTICS; REGRESSION; EUROPE; RISK
Authors: H Weill, J Hughes, A Churg
Title: Changing trends in US mesothelioma incidence
Full source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2005, Vol 62, Iss 4, pp 270
Document type: Letter
Address: Weill H, 755 Hearthstone Dr, Basalt, CO 81621 USA
Publisher: B M J Publishing Group, British Med Assoc House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JR,England
KeyWords Plus: ASBESTOS; FIBERS; CANCER
Authors: R Howie
Title: Asbestos lung residue and asbestosis risk
Full source: Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 2005, Vol 49, Iss 1, pp 95-97
Document type: Letter
Address: Howie R, Robin Howie Associates, 12 Morganside Rd, Edinburgh EH10 4DB, Midlothian, SCOTLAND
Publisher: Oxford Univ Press, Great Clarendon St, Oxford Ox2 6DP, England
Authors: JJ Manfredi, JL Doug, WJ Liu, L Resnick Silverman, R Qiao, P Chahinian, M Saric, AR Gibbs, JI Phillips, J Murray, CW Axten, RP Nolan, SA Aaronson
Title: Evidence against a role for SV40 in human mesothelioma
Full source: Cancer Research, 2005, Vol 65, Iss 7, pp 2602-2609
Document type: Article
Address: Aaronson SA, Mt Sinai Sch Med, Dept Oncol Sci, 1 Gustave Levy Pl, New York, NY 10020 USA
Publisher: Amer Assoc Cancer Research, 615 Chestnut St, 17Th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19106-4404,USA
KeyWords Plus: LARGE-T-ANTIGEN; HUMAN PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA; SIMIAN VIRUS-40; MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODIES; SIMIAN-VIRUS-40 DNA; HUMAN TUMORS; ASSOCIATION; INFECTION; P53; APOPTOSIS
Authors: A Cristaudo, R Foddis, A Vivaldi, R Buselli, V Gattini, G Guglielmi, F Cosentino, F Ottenga, E Ciancia, R Libener, R Filiberti, M Neri, P Betta, M Tognon, L Mutti, R Puntoni
Title: SV40 enhances the risk of malignant mesothelioma among people exposed to asbestos: A molecular epidemiologic case-control study
Full source: Cancer Research, 2005, Vol 65, Iss 8, pp 3049-3052
Document type: Article
Address: Cristaudo A, AOP, Via S Maria 110,I-56100 Pisa, ITALY
Publisher: Amer Assoc Cancer Research, 615 Chestnut St, 17Th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19106-4404,USA
KeyWords Plus: 40-LIKE DNA-SEQUENCES; LARGE-T-ANTIGEN; CELLS; GROWTH; SIMIAN-VIRUS-40; ASSOCIATION; INFECTION; PRB2/P130; GENE
Authors: ML Browne, D Varadarajulu, EL LewisMichl, EF Fitzgerald
Title: Cancer incidence and asbestos in drinking water, Town of Woodstock, New York, 1980-1998
Full source: Environmental Research, 2005, Vol 98, Iss 2, pp 224-232
Author keywords: adverse effects; asbestos; water supply; neoplasms; epidemiology
Document type: Article
Address: Browne ML, New York State Dept Hlth, Bur Environm & Occupat Epidemiol, 547 River St Rm 200, Troy,NY 12180 USA
Publisher: Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science, 525 B St, Ste 1900, San Diego, CA 92101-4495,USA
KeyWords Plus: CEMENT PIPE; EXPOSURE; MORTALITY; DULUTH
Authors: A Marinaccio, F Montanaro, M Mastrantonio, R Uccelli, P Altavista, M Nesti, AS Costantini, G Gorini
Title: Predictions of mortality from pleural mesothelioma in Italy: a model based on asbestos consumption figures supports results from age-period-cohort models
Full source: International Journal of Cancer, 2005, Vol 115, Iss 1, pp 142-147
Author keywords: asbestos consumption; pleural cancer; mesothelioma; national data
Document type: Article
Address: Marinaccio A, Natl Inst Occupat Safety & Prevent, Epidemiol Unit, Dept Occupat Med, Via Alessandria 220-E,I-00198 Rome, ITALY
Publisher: Wiley-Liss, Div John Wiley & Sons Inc, 111 River St, Hoboken, NJ 07030,USA
KeyWords Plus: MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UNITED-STATES; CANCER RATES; TRENDS; SURVIVAL; REGISTER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; POPULATION; LATENCY
Authors: PA Hessel, JF Gamble, JC McDonald
Title: Asbestos, asbestosis, and lung cancer: a critical assessment of the epidemiological evidence
Full source: Thorax, 2005, Vol 60, Iss 5, pp 433-436
Document type: Review
Address: McDonald JC, Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Sch Med, Natl Heart & Lung Inst, Dept Occupat & Environm Med, Dovehouse St, London SW3 6LY,ENGLAND
Publisher: B M J Publishing Group,British Med Assoc House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9Jr,England
KeyWords Plus: MESOTHELIOMA; CHRYSOTILE; CARCINOMA; MORTALITY; TREMOLITE; EXPOSURE; WORKERS; LOBE
Authors: E Bagatin, JA Neder, LE Nery, M Terra, J Kavakama, A Castelo, V Capelozzi, A Sette, S Kitamura, M Favero, DC Moreira, R Tavares, C Peres, MR Becklake
Title: Non-malignant consequences of decreasing asbestos exposure in the Brazil chrysotile mines and mills
Full source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2005, Vol 62, Iss 6, pp 381-389
Document type: Article
Address: Bagatin E, State Univ Campinas, UNICAMP, Occupat Hlth Area, Av Vital Brasil, 100 CIPOI 3 Piso, Cidade Univ Zefe, Campinas, SP, BRAZIL
Publisher: B M J Publishing Group, British Med Assoc House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9Jr, England
KeyWords Plus: LUNG-FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS; PULMONARY-FUNCTION; WORKERS; SMOKING; QUEBEC; ABNORMALITIES; CEMENT; HEALTH
Authors: BA Anderson, SM Dearwent, JT Durant, JJ Dyken, JA Freed, SM Moore, JS Wheeler
Title: Exposure pathway evaluations for sites that processed asbestos-contaminated vermiculite
Full source: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 2005, Vol 208, Iss 1-2, pp 55-65
Author keywords: asbestos; exposure pathways; Libby asbestos; national asbestos exposure review; vermiculite
Document type: Article
Address: Anderson BA, Agcy Tox Subst & Dis Registry, 1600 Clifton Rd, NE Mail Stop E-29,Atlanta,GA 30333 USA
Publisher: Urban & Fischer Verlag, Branch Office Jena, P O Box 100537, D-07705 Jena, Germany
KeyWords Plus: TREMOLITE ACTINOLITE; MORTALITY; MINERS; MORBIDITY
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Authors: DM Bernstein, R Rogers, P Smith
Title: The biopersistence of Canadian chrysotile asbestos following inhalation: Final results through 1 year after cessation of exposure
Full source: Inhalation Toxicology, 2005, Vol 17, Iss 1, pp 1-14
Document type: Article
Address: Bernstein DM,40 Chemin Petite Boissiere,CH-1208 Geneva,SWITZERLAND
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc,325 Chestnut St, Suite 800,Philadelphia,PA 19106,USA
KeyWords Plus: SYNTHETIC VITREOUS FIBERS
Authors: HS Alfonso, L Fritschi, NH deKlerk, N Olsen, J Sleith, AW Musk
Title: Effects of asbestos and smoking on the levels and rates of change of lung function in a crocidolite exposed cohort in Western Australia
Full source: Thorax, 2004, Vol 59, Iss 12, pp 1052-1056
Document type: Article
Address: Alfonso HS,Curtin Univ Technol,Sch Publ Hlth,GPD Box U1987,Perth,WA 6001,AUSTRALIA
Publisher: B M J Publishing Group,British Med Assoc House, Tavistock Square,London WC1H 9Jr,England
KeyWords Plus: ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; CIGARETTE-SMOKING; VITAMIN-A; WORKERS; MESOTHELIOMA; WITTENOOM; CANCER; DECLINE
Authors: A Burdorf, B Jarvholm, A Englund
Title: Explaining differences in incidence rates of pleural mesothelioma between Sweden and the Netherlands
Full source: International Journal of Cancer, 2005, Vol 113, Iss 2, pp 298-301
Author keywords: pleural mesothelioma asbestos; regional variation
Document type: Article
Address: Burdorf A,Erasmus Univ,Med Ctr,Dept Publ Hlth,POB 1738,NL-3000 DR Rotterdam,NETHERLANDS
Publisher: Wiley-Liss,Div John Wiley & Sons Inc, 111 River St,Hoboken,NJ 07030,USA
KeyWords Plus: ASBESTOS-RELATED DISEASES; EXPOSURE; CANCER; TRENDS; UPDATE; RISK
Authors: JH Lange
Title: Airborne exposure during asbestos abatement of floor tile, wall plaster, and pipe insulation
Full source:Bu lletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2005, Vol 74, Iss 1, pp 70-72
Document type: Article
Address:Lange JH,Envirosafe Training & Consultants,POB 114022,Pittsburgh,PA 15239 USA
Publisher: Springer, 233 Spring Street,New York,NY 10013,USA
Authors: C Groppo, M Tomatis, F Turci, E Gazzano, D Ghigo, R Compagnoni, B Fubini
Title: Potential toxicity of nonregulated asbestiform minerals: Balangeroite from the western Alps. Part 1: Identification and characterization
Full source: Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A - Current Issues, 2005, Vol 68, Iss 1, pp 1-19
Document type: Article
Address : Compagnoni R,Univ Turin,Dipartimento Sci Mineral & Petrol,Via Valperga Caluso 35,I-10125 Turin,ITALY
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc,325 Chestnut St, Suite 800,Philadelphia,PA 19106,USA
KeyWords Plus: RESPIRABLE SYNTHETIC-FIBERS; LUNG EPITHELIAL-CELLS; CROCIDOLITE ASBESTOS; ASCORBIC-ACID; IRON; MECHANISMS; SURFACE; RECOMMENDATIONS; BIOPERSISTENCE; MESOTHELIOMA
Authors: F Turci, M Tomatis, E Gazzano, C Riganti, G Martra, A Bosia, D Ghigo, B Fubini
Title: Potential toxicity of nonregulated asbestiform minerals: Balangeroite from the western Alps. Part 2: Oxidant activity of the fibers
Full source: Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A - Current Issues, 2005, Vol 68, Iss 1, pp 21-39
Document type: Article
Address: Fubini B,Univ Turin,Dept Chem,IFM,Interdept Ctr G Scansetti Studies Asbestos & Othe,Via Pietro Giuria 7,I-10125 Turin, ITALY
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc,325 Chestnut St, Suite 800,Philadelphia,PA 19106,USA
KeyWords Plus: FREE-RADICAL GENERATION; LUNG EPITHELIAL-CELLS; NITRIC-OXIDE; MOLECULAR-MECHANISMS; CROCIDOLITE ASBESTOS; LIPID-PEROXIDATION; IRON MOBILIZATION; ASCORBIC-ACID; SURFACE; BIOLOGY
Authors: E Gazzano, C Riganti, M Tomatis, F Turci, A Bosia, B Fubini, D Ghigo
Title: Potential toxicity of nonregulated asbestiform minerals: Balangeroite from the western Alps. Part 3: Depletion of antioxidant defenses
Full source: Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A - Current Issues, 2005, Vol 68, Iss 1, pp 41-49
Document type: Article
Address : Ghigo D,Univ Turin,Dip Genet Biol & Biochim,Sez Biochim,Via Santena 5 Bis,I-10126 Turin,ITALY
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc,325 Chestnut St, Suite 800,Philadelphia,PA 19106,USA
KeyWords Plus: LUNG EPITHELIAL-CELLS; MOLECULAR-MECHANISMS; ASBESTOS; GLUTATHIONE; GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE-DEHYDROGENASE; MACROPHAGES; INDUCTION; SURFACE; IRON
Authors: RS Hughes
Title: Malignant pleural mesothelioma
Full source: American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 2005, Vol 329, Iss 1, pp 29-44
Author keywords: malignant pleural mesothelioma; asbestos; SV40; antifolate
Document type: Review
Address: Hughes RS,Univ Texas,SW Med Ctr,Div Hematol Oncol,2201 Inwood Rd,Dallas,TX 75390 USA
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,530 Walnut St,Philadelphia,PA 19106-3621,USA
KeyWords Plus: DIFFERENTIATED PAPILLARY MESOTHELIOMA; LEUKEMIA GROUP-B; PHASE-II TRIAL; GROWTH-FACTOR-RECEPTOR; LARGE T-ANTIGEN; DNA-SEQUENCES; UNITED-STATES; PERITONEAL MESOTHELIOMA; PROGNOSTIC-FACTORS; RANDOMIZED-TRIAL
Authors: AJ Ghio, A Churg, VL Roggli
Title: Ferruginous bodies: Implications in the mechanism of fiber and particle toxicity
Full source: Toxicologic Pathology, 2004, Vol 32, Iss 6, pp 643-649
Author keywords: iron; lung diseases; oxidants; ferritin; asbestos
Document type: Review
Address: Ghio AJ,US EPA,Human Studies Div,104 Mason Farm Rd,Chapel Hill,NC 27599 USA
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc,325 Chestnut St, Suite 800,Philadelphia,PA 19106,USA
KeyWords Plus: MOUSE PERITONEAL-MACROPHAGES; ASBESTOS BODIES; ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGES; TRACHEAL EXPLANTS; INHALATION MODEL; LUNG INJURY; RAT LUNG; IN-VIVO; IRON; ACCUMULATION
Authors: CS Lee, WA Cooper
Title: Asbestos exposure and lung cancer
Full source: Pathology, 2004, Vol 36, Iss 6, pp 513-514
Document type: Editorial
Address: Lee CS,Univ Sydney,Dept Anat Pathol,Royal Prince Alfred Hosp,Sydney,NSW 2006,AUSTRALIA
Publisher: Carfax Publishing,Rankine Rd,Basingstoke Rg24 8Pr,Hants, England
KeyWords Plus: INCREASED RISK; WORKERS; MORTALITY; ATTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS
Authors: DW Henderson, K Rodelsperger, HJ Woitowitz, J Leigh
Title: After Helsinki: a multidisciplinary review of the relationship between asbestos exposure and lung cancer, with emphasis on studies published during 1997-2004
Full source: Pathology, 2004, Vol 36, Iss 6, pp 517-550
Author keywords: lung cancer; adenocarcinoma; cigarette smoke; asbestos; asbestosis; cumulative exposure; amphibole; chrysotile; epidemiology; relative risk; odds ratio; attributable fraction; causation; attribution; criteria; genetic susceptibility
Document type: Review
Address: Henderson DW,Flinders Med Ctr,Dept Anat Pathol,Bedford Pk,SA 5042,AUSTRALIA
Publisher: Carfax Publishing,Rankine Rd,Basingstoke Rg24 8Pr,Hants, England
KeyWords Plus: OCCUPATIONAL RISK-FACTORS; IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS; QUEBEC CHRYSOTILE MINERS; MYELOPEROXIDASE (-463)G->A POLYMORPHISM; FAMILIAL MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; BRONCHIAL EPITHELIAL-CELLS; FHIT PROTEIN EXPRESSION; MADE VITREOUS FIBERS; EAST LONDON 1933-80; K-RAS MUTATIONS
Authors: S Ilavska, E Jahnova, J Tulinska, M Horvathova, M Dusinska, L Wsolova, SA Kyrtopoulos, L Fuortes
Title: Immunological monitoring in workers occupationally exposed to asbestos
Full source: Toxicology, 2005, Vol 206, Iss 2, pp 299-308
Author keywords: immunomodulatory effects; mineral fibres; asbestos; asbestos; occupational exposure
Document type: Article
Address: Ilavska S,Slovak Med Univ,Res Base,Inst Prevent & Clin Med,Dept Clin Immunol,Limbova 12,Bratislava 83301,SLOVAKIA
Publisher: Elsevier Sci Ireland Ltd,Customer Relations Manager Bay 15, Shannon Industrial Estate CO,Clare,Ireland
KeyWords Plus: LUNG EPITHELIAL-CELLS; ADHESION MOLECULES; EXPRESSION; IMMUNITY; BLOOD; IL-6
Authors: MR Cullen, MJ Barnett, JR Balmes, B Cartmel, CA Redlich, CA Brodkin, S Barnhart, L Rosenstock, GE Goodman, SP Hammar, MD Thornquist, GS Omenn
Title: Predictors of lung cancer among asbestos-exposed men in the beta-carotene and retinol efficacy trial
Full source: American Journal of Epidemiology, 2005, Vol 161, Iss 3, pp 260-270
Author keywords: asbestos; asbestosis; beta carotene; clinical trial [publication type]; lung neoplasms; occupational exposure; vitamin A
Document type: Article
Address: Cullen MR,Yale Univ,Sch Med,Dept Internal Med,Occupat & Environm Med Program,135 Coll st,Room 366,New Haven,CT 06510 USA
Publisher: Oxford Univ Press Inc,Journals Dept, 2001 Evans Rd,Cary,NC 27513,USA
KeyWords Plus: QUEBEC CHRYSOTILE MINERS; HIGH-RISK POPULATIONS; PLEURAL PLAQUES; DUST EXPOSURE; FOLLOW-UP; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WORKERS; MORTALITY; SMOKING; CARET
Authors: MC Jaurand
Title: Mesothelioma pathogenesis, facts and expectations
Full source: Pathologie Biologie, 2005, Vol 53, Iss 1, pp 41-44
Author keywords: asbestos; mesothelioma; NF2; SV40; tumour supressor genes
Document type: Article
Address: Jaurand MC,Fac Med,INSERM,E 0337,8 Rue Gen Sarrail,F-94010 Creteil,FRANCE
Publisher : Editions Scientifiques Medicales Elsevier,23 Rue Linois,75724 Paris,France
KeyWords Plus: HUMAN-MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; CELL-LINES; CHRYSOTILE ASBESTOS; PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA; GENE; EXPRESSION; DISEASES; FIBERS; LUNGS; MICE
Authors : E Pira, C Pelucchi, L Buffoni, A Palmas, M Turbiglio, E Negri, PG Piolatto, C LaVecchia
Title: Cancer mortality in a cohort of asbestos textile workers
Full source: British Journal of Cancer, 2005, Vol 92, Iss 3, pp 580-586
Author keywords: asbestos; cancer mortality; cohort study; lung cancer; mesothelioma
Document type: Article
Address: Pelucchi C,Mario Negri Inst Pharmacol Res,Via Eritrea 62,I-20157 Milan,ITALY
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group,Macmillan Building, 4 Crinan St,London N1 9Xw,England
KeyWords Plus: LUNG-CANCER; FACTORY-WORKERS; MESOTHELIOMA; EXPOSURE; SMOKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; MINERS; LONDON; MODELS
Authors: JT Hodgson, DM McElvenny, AJ Darnton, MJ Price, J Peto
Title: The expected burden of mesothelioma mortality in Great Britain from 2002 to 2050
Full source: British Journal of Cancer, 2005, Vol 92, Iss 3, pp 587-593
Author keywords: mesothelioma; mortality; Great Britain; prediction
Document type: Article
Address: Hodgson JT,Hlth & Safety Execut,Epidemiol & Med Stat Unit,Magdalen House,Trinity Rd,Bootle L20 3QZ,Merseyside,ENGLAND
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group,Macmillan Building, 4 Crinan St,London N1 9Xw,England
KeyWords Plus: MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA; ASBESTOS WORKERS; UPDATE
Authors:LR Liukonen, FW Weir
Title: Asbestos exposure from gaskets during disassembly of a medium duty diesel engine
Full source: Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 2005, Vol 41, Iss 2, pp 113-121
Author keywords: diesel engine; asbestos; gaskets; mechanics; workplace exposure; exposure assessment
Document type: Article
Address: Weir FW,Francis W Weir PhD Inc,14334 Schroeder Rd,Houston,TX 77070 USA
Publisher: Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science,525 B St, Ste 1900,San Diego,CA 92101-4495,USA
Authors: T Nishiike, Y Nishimura, Y Wada, H Iguchi
Title: Production of nitric oxide elevates nitrosothiol formation resulting in decreased glutathione in macrophages exposed to asbestos or asbestos substitutes
Full source: Archives of Toxicology, 2005, Vol 79, Iss 2, pp 83-89
Author keywords: S-nitrosothiol; glutathione; nitric oxide; asbestos; man-made mineral fibers
Document type: Article
Address: Nishiike T,Hyogo Med Univ,Dept Hyg,1-1 Mukogawa Cho,Nishinomiya,Hyogo 6638501,JAPAN
Publisher: Springer,233 Spring Street,New York,NY 10013,USA
KeyWords Plus: ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGES; DNA-DAMAGE; IN-VITRO; LUNG; CELL; MECHANISMS; DUST; MORTALITY; CANCER; GAMMA
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Authors: M Jin, H Sawa, T Suzuki, K Shimizu, Y Makino, S Tanaka, T Nojima, Y Fujioka, M Asamoto, N Suko, M Fujita, K Nagashima
Title: Investigation of Simian virus 40 large T antigen in 18 autopsied malignant mesothelioma.
Full source: Journal of Medical Virology, 2004, Vol 74, Iss 4, pp 668-676
Publisher: Wiley-Liss, Div John Wiley & Sons Inc, 111 River St, Hoboken, NJ 07030,USA
Document Type: Article
key words Plus: DNA-SEQUENCES; PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA; JC VIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTION; SV40-LIKE SEQUENCES; SV40; CELLS; EXPRESSION; EXPOSURE; TRANSFORMATION
Authors: M Pistolesi, J Rusthoven
Title: Malignant pleural mesothelioma - Update, current management, and newer therapeutic strategies
Full source: Chest, 2004, Vol 126, Iss 4, pp 1318-1329
Address: Pistolesi M, Univ Florence, Dept Crit Care, Sect Resp Med,Viale GB Morgagni 85,I-50134 Florence ,ITALY
Publisher: Amer Coll Chest Physicians, 3300 Dundee Road, Northbrook, IL 60062-2348,USA
Document Type: Review
key words Plus: PHASE-II TRIAL; LEUKEMIA GROUP-B; MULTITARGETED ANTIFOLATE LY231514; HIGH-DOSE METHOTREXATE; UNITED-STATES; LUNG-CANCER; EPITHELIAL MESOTHELIOMA; PEMETREXED DISODIUM; PROGNOSTIC-FACTORS; RANDOMIZED-TRIAL
Authors: HS Alfonso, L Fritschi, NH deKlerk, N Olsen, J Sleith, AW Musk
Title: Effects of asbestos and smoking on the levels and rates of change of lung function in a crocidolite exposed cohort in Western Australia
Full source: Thorax, 2004, Vol 59, Iss 12, pp 1052-1056
Address: Alfonso HS, Curtin Univ Technol,Sch Publ Hlth, GPD Box U1987,Perth,WA 6001, AUSTRALIA
Publisher: B M J Publishing Group, British Med Assoc House, Tavistock Square,London
WC1H 9Jr, England
Document Type: Article
key words Plus: ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; CIGARETTE-SMOKING; VITAMIN-A; WORKERS; MESOTHELIOMA; WITTENOOM; CANCER; DECLINE
Authors: JH Lange
Title: Re: ''Mesothelioma trends in the United States: An update based on surveillance, epidemiology, and end results program data for 1973 through 2003''
Full source: American Journal of Epidemiology, 2004, Vol 160, Iss 8, pp 823
key words Plus: MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA
Discipline: Medical Research, General Topics
Document type: Letter
Address: Lange JH, Envirosafe Training & Consultants, Pittsburgh, PA 15239 USA
Publisher: Oxford Univ Press Inc, Journals Dept, 2001 Evans Rd, Cary, NC 27513,USA
ARRIBA
For the months: July, August, September 2004
Authors: RF Dodson, M OSullivan, SP Hammar
Title: Quality control analysis of the potential for asbestos contamination during tissue processing in pathology laboratories
Full source: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 2004, Vol 128, Iss 7, pp 781-784
Language: English
Address: Dodson RF, Univ Texas, Ctr Hlth, Dept Cell Biol & Environm Sci, 11937, US Hwy 271, Tyler, TX 75708, USA
Publisher: College Amer Pathologists, c/o Kimberley Gacki, 325 Waukegan Rd, Northfield, IL. 60093-2750, USA
Document Type: Article
Author key words: PARFFIN
Authors: D Upadhyay, DW Kamp
Title: Asbestos-induced pulmonary toxicity: Role of DNA damage and apoptosis
Full source: Experimental Biology and medicine, 2003, Vol 228, Iss 6, pp 650-659
Language: English
Address: Kamp DW, Northwestern Univ, Feinberg Sch Med, Div Pulm & Crit Care, Tarry Bldg, 14-707, 303 E. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611 USA
Publisher: Soc Experimental Biology Medicine, 195 West Spring Valley Ave, Maywood, NJ 07607-1727, USA
Author key words: antioxidants; apoptosis; apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease; asbestos DNA damage; DNA strand break; free radicals; mitochondria; poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase; reactive oxygen species
Document type: Review
KeyWords Plus: Pleural mesothelial cells; alveolar epithelial-cells; necrosis-factor-alpha; single-strand breaks; NF-Kappa-B; free radicals; crocidolite asbestos; cigarette smoke; gene-expression; cytochrome-c
Authors: M Goodman, MJ Teta, PA Hessel, DH Garabrant, VA Craven, CG Scrafford, MA Kelsh
Title: Mesothelioma and lung cancer among motor vehicle mechanics: a meta-analysis
Full source: Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 2004, Vol 48, Iss 4, pp 309-326
Language: English
Address: Goodman M, Emory Univ, Rollins Sch Publ Hlth, 1518 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Publisher: Oxford Univ Press, Great Clarendon St, Oxford 0X2 6DP, England
Document Type: Article
Author Key Words: asbestos; brakes; epidemiology; lung cancer; mesothelioma; meta-analysis; motor vehicle mechanics
Key Words Plus : French case-control; asbestos exposure; malignant mesothelioma; chrysotile asbestos; occupational mortality; pleural mesothelioma; cigarette-smoking; auto mechanics; United-States; car mechanics
Authors: A Franzblau, DH Garabrant
Title: Respiratory impairment due to asbestos exposure in brake-lining workers
Full source: Environmental Research, 2004, Vol 96, Iss 1, pp 105-106
Language: English
Address: Franzblau A, Univ Michigan, Sch Publ Hlth, 1420 Washington Hts, Rm 6023, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Publisher: Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science, 525 B St, Ste 1900, San Diego, CA 92101-4495, USA
Document type: Letter
Authors: M Polatli, M Erdinc, E Erdinc, G Cok
Title: Response to "respiratory impairment due to asbestos exposure in brake-lining workers"
Full Source: Environmental Research, 2004, Vol 96, Iss 1, pp 106-108
Language: English
Address: Potatli M, Adnan Menderes Univ, Sch Med, Chest Dis Dept, TR-09100 Aydin, Turkey
Publisher: Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science, 525 B St, Ste 1900, San Diego, CA 92101-4495, USA
Document Type: Letter
Key Words Plus: Diffusing-capacity
Authors: RF Dodson, DR Brooks, M OSullivan, SP Hammar
Title: Quantitative analysis of asbestos burden in a series of individuals with lung cancer and a history of exposure to asbestos
Full Source: Inhalation Toxicology, 2004, Vol 16, Iss 9, pp 637-647
Language: English
Address: Dodson RF, Univ Texas, Hlth Ctr, 11937, US Hwy 271, Tyler, TX 75708, USA
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, 325 Chestnut St, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
Document Type: Article
Key Words Plus: Fiber burden; malignant mesothelioma; ferruginous bodies; chrysotile miners; amosite asbestos; pleural plaques; tissue burden; workers; millers; disease
Authors: G Berry, FDK Liddell
Title: The interaction of asbestos and smoking in lung cancer: A modified measure of effect
Full Source: Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 2004, Vol 48, Iss 5, pp 459-462
Language: English
Address: Berry G, Univ Sydney, Sch Publ Hlth, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Publisher: Oxford Univ Press, Great Clarendon St, Oxford 0X2 6DP England
Author Key Words: asbestos exposure; cigarette smoking; lung cancer; interaction; multiplicativeness
Document Type: Article
Key Words Plus: Cigarette-smoking; amosite asbestos; factory-workers; exposure; mortality
Authors: C MandaStachouli, Y Dalavanga, G Daskalopoulos, C Leontaridi, M Vassiliou, SH Constantopoulos
Title : Deceasing prevalence of pleural calcifications among metsovites with nonoccupational asbestos exposure
Full Source: Chest, 204, Vol 126, Iss 2, pp 617-621
Language: English
Address: Constantopoulos SH, Univ Ioannina, Sch Med, Dept Pneumol, GR-45110 Ioannina, Greece
Publisher: Amer Coll Chest Physicians, 3300 Dundee Rd, Northbrooke, IL. 60062-2348, USA
Author Key Words: metsovo; nonoccupational asbestos exposure; pleural calcificatons; pleural plaques, tremolite
Document Type: Article
Key Words Plus: Northwestern Greece; mesothelioma; lung; protection; neoplasia; etiology
Authors: A Reid, G Ambrosini, N DeKlerk, L Fritschi, B Musk
Title: Aeorodigestive and gastrointestinal tract cancers and exposure to crocidolite (blue asbestos): Incidence and mortality among former crocidolite workers
Full Source: International Journal of Cancer, 2004, Vol 111, Iss 5, pp 757-761
Language: English
Address: Reid A, Univ Western Australia, Sch Populat Hlth, Occupat & Environm Epidemiol Grp, 35 Stirling Highway, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
Publisher: Wiley-Liss, Div John Wiley & Sons Inc, 111 River St, Hoboken, NJ 07030, USA
Author Key Words: crocidolite; Wittenoom, smoking; cancer; asbestos
Document Type: Article
Key Words Plus: Occupational risk-factors; East London 1933-80; Laryngeal-cancer; colorectal-cancer; Western-Australia; Epidemiologic evidence; factory workers; colon-cancer; carcinoma; metaanalysis
Authors: R Loli, J Topinka; P Georgiadis, M Dusinska; M Hurbankova, Z Kovacikova, K Volkovova, T Wolff, D Oesterle, SA Kyrtopoulos
Title: Benzo[a]pyrene-enhanced mutagenesis by asbestos in the lung of lambda-1acI transgenic rats
Full Source: Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis, 2004, Vol 553, Iss 1-2, pp 79-90
Language: English
Address: Topinka J, GSF, Natl Res Crt Environm & Hlth, Inst Toxicol, Ingolstaedter Landstr 1, D-85764, Neuherberg, Germany
Publisher: Elsevier Science Bv, PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands
Author Key Words: Asbestos; Benzo[a]pyrene, inflammation; mutations; transgenic rats
Document type: Article
Key Words Plus: DNA-Adducts; cancer; smoking; liver
Authors: DM Bernstein, R Rogers, P Smith
Title: The biopersistence of Brazilian chrysotile asbestos following inhalation
Full Source: Inhalation Toxicology, 2004, Vol 16, Iss 11-12, pp 745-761
Language: English
Address; Bernstein DM, 40 Chemin Petite Boissiere, CH 1208 Geneva, Switzerland
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Inc, 325 Chestnut St, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106 USA
Document Type: Article
Key Words Plus: Amphibole-free chrysotile; synthetic vitreous fibers; Coalinga fiber; intraperitoneal injection; amosite asbestos; mineral fibers; rats; carcinogenicity; exposure; pathogenicity
Authors: K ZieglerSkylakakis
Title: Approaches for the development of occupational exposure limits for man-made mineral fibres (MMMFs)
Full Source: Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis, 2004, Vol 553, Iss 1-2, pp 37-41
Language: English
Address: Ziegler-Skylakakis K, European Commiss, Unit Hlth Safety & Hyg Work D5, DG Employment & Social Affairs, Jean Monnet Bldg C3-74, Rue Alcide Gasperi, L-2920 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Publisher: Elsevier Science Bv, PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands
Author Key Words: Occupational exposure limits; man-made mineral fibres; data gaps
Document Type: Review
Authors: RA Baan, Y Grosse
Title: Man-made mineral (Vitreous) fibres: Evaluations of cancer hazards by the IARC Monographs Programme
Full Source: Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis, 2004, Vol 553, Iss 1-2, pp 43-58
Language: English
Address: Baan RA, WHO, Int Agcy Res Canc, Unit Carcinogen Identif & Evaluat, 150 Cours Albert Thomas, F-69372 Lyon 08, France
Publisher: Elsevier Science Bv, PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands
Author Key Words: Man-made mineral fibres; man-made vitreous fibres; glass wool, rock wool; stone wool; slag wool; refractory ceramic fibres; evaluation of cancer hazard; IARC Monographs
Document Type: Review
Key Words Plus: Chronic inhalation toxicity; refractory ceramic fiber; respiratory system cancer; exposure-response analysis; Syrian golden-hampster; 7 European countries; nested case-control; production workers; historical cohort; follow-up
Authors: C Schurkes, W Brock; J Abel, K Unfried
Title: Induction of 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine by man-made vitreous fibres and crocidolite asbestos administered intraperitoneally in rats
Full Source: Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis, 2004, Vol 553, Iss 1-2, pp 59-65
Language: English
Address: Unfried K, Inst Umweltmed Forschung, Auf Hennekamp 50, D-40225, Dusseldorf, Germany
Publisher: Elsevier Science Bv, PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands
Author Key Words: Mineral fibres; asbestos; MMVF; inflammation, 8-OHdG
Document Type: Article
Key Words Plus: Pleural mesothelial cells; oxidative stress; nitric-oxide; In-Vivo; DNA, iron; lung, participation; mutagenicity; mutagenesis
Authors: V Ascoli, P Comba; R Pasetto
Title: Urban mesothelioma: Is there an emerging risk of asbestos in place?
Full Source: Interntional Journal of Cancer, 2004, Vol 111, Iss 6, pp 975-976
Language: English
Address: Ascoli V, Univ Roma La Sapienza, Dipartimento Med Sperimentale & Patol, Viale Regina Elena 324, I-00161 Rome, Italy
Publisher: Wiley-Liss, Div John Wiley & Sons Inc, 111 Ribert St,Hoboken, NJ 07030, USA
Document Type: Letter
Key Words Plus: Men; Mortality; Sweden; Killer
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For the months: April, May and June 2004
Authors: DW Cugell, DW Kamp
Title: Asbestos and the pleura - A Review
Author key words: asbestos; asbestos production; DNA Damage; mesothelioma; plaque; pleura; pleural calcification; pleural fibrosis; public policy; reactive nitrogen species, reactive oxygen species; rounded atelectasis, simian virus-40
Full source: Chess, 2004, Vol. 125, Iss 3, pp. 1103-1117
Language: English
Address: Cugell DW, Inst Rehabil, 345 E Superior St, Rm. 35A, Chicago, Il. 60611, USA
Publisher: Amer Coll Chest Physicians, 3300 Dundee Road, Northbrook, Il. 60062-2348, USA
Document type: Review
KeyWords Plus : Restrictive lung function; large-T-antigen; malignant mesothelioma; rounded atelectasis; cigarette-smoke, environmental exposure; crocidolite asbestos; shipyard workers, induced diseases, drinking water
Authors: O Kampstrup, A Ellehauge, R Bellmann, J Chevalier, JMG Davis
Title: Subchronic inhalation study of stone wool fibres in rats
Full source: Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 2004, Vol 48, Iss 2, pp 91-104
Language: English
Address: Kampstrup O, Rockwool Inst AS, Hovedgaden 584, DK-2640 Hedehusene, Denmark
Publisher: Oxford Univ Press, Great Clarendon St, Oxfords OX2 6DP England
Author key words: man-made vitreous fibres; biosoluble stone wool, high-aluminium low-silica (HG) wool; subchronic inhalation; pathogenicity; rat
Document type: Article
KeyWords Plus: Synthetic vitreous fibers; amosite asbestos, carcinogenicity; biopersistence; toxicity, fibrosis
Authors: J Ohar, DA Sterling, E Bleecker; J Donohue
Title: Changing patterns in asbestos-induced lung disease
Full source: Chest, 2004, Vol 125, Iss 2, pp 744-753
Language: English
Address: Ohar J, Wake Forest Univ, Bowman Gray Sch Med, Pulm & Crit Care Med Sect, Dept Internal Med, 300 S Hawthorne Rd, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
Publisher: Amer Coll Chest Physicians, 3300 Dundee Road, Northbrook, Il 60062-2348, USA
Document type: Article
KeyWords Plus : Resolution computed-tomography; pulmonary-function; exposed workers; cigarette-smoking; airways obstruction; respiratory symptoms; insulation workers; pleural disease; dust exposure; abnormalities
Authors: E Tatrai, Z Kovacikova; M Brozik, T Six
Title: Pulmonary toxicity of wollastonite in vivo and in vitro
Full source: Journal of Applied Toxicology, 2004, Vol 24, Iss 2, pp 147-154
Language: English
Address: Tatrai E, Natl Inst Occupat Hlth, POB 51, H-1450 Budapest, Hungary
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester PO19 8 Sq, W Sussex, England
Document type: Article
Author Key Words: wollastonite, crocidolite, pneumocytes type II, alveolar macrophages, Cu, ZnSOD; GGT; glutathione peroxidase; glutathione reductase; MCP-1; MIP-1 alpha; rats
KeyWords Plus: IIP pneumocytes; lung; glutathione; cells, rat; biodurability; asbestos, culture.
ARRIBA
For the months: October, November, December 2003
Authors: B Ulvestad, Kjaerheim, B Moller, A Anderson
Title: Incidence trends of mesothelioma in Norway, 1965-1999
Author key words: age-period-cohort model; asbestos; epidemiology; occupational exposure
Key words Plus: Malignant mesothelioma; asbestos exposure; mortality; epidemiology; Increase; Workers; Denmark; Models; Cancer; Rates
TGA/Book No.: 720CQ
Discipline: Oncogenesis & Cancer Research
Full source: International Journal of Cancer, 2003, Vol. 107, Iss 1, pp 94-98
Language: English
Address: Ulvstad B, Canc Registry Norway, N-0310 Oslo, Norway
ISBN/ISSN: 0020-7136
Publisher: Wiley-Liss, Div John Wiley & Sons Inc, 605 Third Ave, New York, NY 10158-0012, USA
Document type: Article
Authors: P Gustavsson, A Ahlbom, T Andersson, P Scheele
Title: Calculation of fractions of lung cancer incidence attributable to occupational exposure to asbestos and combustion products in Stockholm, Sweden
Full source: European Journal of Epidemiology, 2003, Vol. 18, Iss 10, pp 937-940
Language: English
Address: Gustavsson P, Karolinska Hosp. Dept. of Environm & Occupat Hlth, Stockholm Ctr Publ Hlth, SE-17176 Stockholm, Sweden
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publ, Van Godewijckstraat 30, 3311 GZ Dordrecht, Netherlands
Author key words: epidemiologic methods; occupational exposure; public health; risk assessment; statistics
Authors: HC Hasanoglu, M. Gokirmak, T Baysal, Z Yildirim, N. Koksal, Y. Onal
Title: Environmental exposure to asbestos in Eastern Turkey
Full source: Archives of Environmental Health, 2003, Vol. 58, Iss 3, pp 144-150
Language: English
Address: Hasanoglu HC, Koru Mahallesi Kocatepe Sitesi, 5 Blok No. 8 Cayyol, TR-06530, Ankara, Turkey
Publisher: Heldref Publications, 1319 Eighteenth St NW, Washington, DC 20036-1802, USA
Document type: Article
Authors: F Mayall, K Barratt, J Shanks
Title: The detection of Simian Virus 40 in mesotheliomas from New Zealand and England using real time FRET probe PCR protocols
Full source: Journal of Clinical Pathology, 2003, Vol. 56, Iss 10, pp 728-730
Language: English
Address: Mayall F, Waikato Hosp, Dept Pathol, Private Bag 3200, Hamilton, New Zealand
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group, British Med Assoc House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9 Jr, England
Document type: Article
Authors: V Ascoli, S Belli, C Carnovale Scalzo, F Corzani, F Facciolo, M Lopergolo, F Nardi, R Pasetto, P Comba
Title: Malignant mesothelioma in Rome and Latium Region, 1993-2001
Full source: Tumori, 2003, Vol 89, Iss 4, pp 377-381
Language: English
Address: Ascoli V, Univ Roma La Sapienza, Dipartimento Med Sperimentale & Patol, Viale Regina Elena 324, I-00161 Rome, Italy
Publisher: Pensiero Scientifico Editor, Via Bradano 3/C, 00199 Rome, Italy
Author keywords: asbestos; environmental exposure; mesothelioma;
Document type: Article
Authors: LA Peipins, M Lewin, S Campolucci, JA Lybarger, A Miller, D Middleton, C Weis, M Spence, B Black, V Kapil
Title: Radiographic abnormalities and exposure to asbestos contaminated vermiculite in the community of Libby, Montana, USA
Full source: Environmental Health Perspectives, 2003, Vol 111, Iss 14, pp 1753-1759
Language: English
Address: Lewin M, ATSDR, Div Hlth Studies 1600 Clifton Rd NE, E-31, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Publisher: US Dept Health Human Sciences Public Health Science, Natl Inst Health, Natl Inst Environmental Health Sciences, PO Box 12233, Res Triangle Pk, NC 27709-2233 USA
Author keywords: asbestos-related disease; medical screening; pleural plaques, radiographic opacities; radiography; tremolite-actinolite; vermiculite
Document type: Article
Key words plus: tremolite actinolite; malignant mesothelioma; environmental exposure; miners; mortality; morbidity; population; contacts; workers; plaques
Authors: DB Warheit, TR Webb, KL Reed, JF Hansen, GL Kennedy
Title: Four-week inhalation toxicity study in rats with nylon respirable fibers: rapid lung clearance
Full Source: Toxicology, 2003, Vol 192, Iss 2-3, pp 189-210
Language: English
Address: Warheit DB, DuPont Haskell Lab Hlth & Environm Sci, 1090 Elkton Rd, Newark, DE, USA
Publisher: Elsevier Sci Ireland Ltd, Customer Relations Manager, Bay 15, Shannon Industrial Estate CO, Clare, Ireland
Author keywords: nylon respirable fibers; man-made organic fibers, biopersistence, macrophage phagocytosis; fiber clearance; respirable-sized fiber-shaped particulates (RFP)
Document type: Article
Key words plus: biodegradability; workers; disease
Authors: P Comba, A Gianfagna, L Paoletti
Title: Pleural mesothelioma cases in Biancavilla are related to a new fluoro-edenite fibrous amphibole
Full source: Archives of Environmental Health, 2003, Vol 58, Iss 4, pp 229-232
Language: English
Address: Paoletti L, Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Dept Ultrastruct, Ist Super Sanita, Viale Regina Elena 299,I-00161, Rome, Italy
Publisher: Heldref Publications, 1319 Eighteenth St NW, Washington, DC 20036- 1802, USA
Author key words: amphibole; environmental exposure; fluoro-edenite; Italy; mesothelioma
Document type: Article
Authors: DM Bernstein, J Chevalier, P Smith
Title: Comparison of Calidria chrysotile asbestos to pure tremolite: Inhalation biopersistence and histopathology following short-term exposure
Full Source: Inhalation Toxicology, 2003, Vol 15, Iss 14, pp 1387-1419
Language: English
Address: Bernstein DM, Consultant Toxicol, 40 Chemin Petite Boissiere, CH-1208 Geneva, Switzerland
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, 325 Chestnut St, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
Key words plus: amphibole-free chrysotile; synthetic vitreous fibers; Coalinga fiber; mineral fibers, intraperitoneal injection; tumorigenic activity; rat lung; carcinogenicity; clearance; mesothelioma
Document type: Article
Author: RM Ross
Title: The clinical diagnosis of asbestosis in this century requires more than a chest radiograph
Full source: Chest, 2003, Vol 124, Iss 3, pp 1120-1128
Language: English
Address: Ross RM, 6550 Fannin, Suite 2403, Houston, TX 77030 USA
Publisher: Amer Coll Chest Physicians, 3300 Dundee Road, Northbrook, IL 60062-2348, USA
Author keywords: asbestos; asbestosis; chest radiograph; diagnosis; diffusing capacity; lung cancer; rales
Document type: Editorial
Authors: B Bellman, H Muhle, O Creutzenberg, H Ernst; M Muller, DM Bernstein, JMR Sintes
Title: Calibration study on subchronic inhalation toxicity of man-made vitreous fibers in rats
Full Source: Inhalation Toxicology, 2003, Vol. 15, Iss 12, pp 1147-1177
Language: English
Address: Bellman B, Fraunhofer Inst Toxicol & Expt Med. Nikolai Fuchs Str 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, 325 Chestnut St, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
Document type: article
Authors: AJ Wiethoff, KL Reed, TR Webb, DB Warheit
Title: Assessing the role neutrophil apoptosis in the resolution of particle-induced pulmonary inflammation
Full source: Inhalation Toxicology, 2003, Vol. 15, Iss 12, pp 1231-1246
Language: English
Address: Warheit DB, DuPont Haskell Lab Hlth & Environm Sci, POB 50, Newark DE 19714, USA
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, 325 Chestnut St, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
Document type: Article
Authors: A Shukla, M Jung, M Stern, NK Fukagawa, DJ Taatjes, D Sawyer, B VanHouten, BT Mossman
Title: Asbestos induces mitochondrial DNA damage dysfunction linked to the development of apoptosis
Full source: American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, 2003, Vol 285, Iss 5, pp L1018-L1025
Language: English
Address: Mossman BT, Univ Vermont, Coll Med, Dept Pathol, 89 Beaumont Ave, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
Publisher: Amer Physiological Soc, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
Author key words: mitochondria; mesothelial cells, oxidants
Document type: Article
Key words plus: pulmonary epithelial-cells; oxidative damage; crocidolite asbestos; mesothelial cells; degenerative diseases; hydrogen-peroxide; gene-expression; repair; mechanisms; oxidants
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For the months: July, August, September 2003
Authors: A Burdorf, M Dahhan, P Swuste
Title: Occupational characteristics of cases with asbestos-related diseases in the Netherlands
Full Source: Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 2003, Vol 47, Iss 6, pp 485-492
Language: English
Address: Burdorf A, Univ Med Ctr Rotterdam, Erasmus MC, Dept Publ Hlth, POB 1738, NL-3000, DR Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS
Publisher: Oxford Univ Press,Great Clarendon St, Oxford 0X2 6DP, England
Author Keywords: mesothelioma; asbestosis; asbestos
Document type: Article
Authors: MC Bottin, JC Vigneron, R Rousseau, JC Micillino, C EypertBlaison, E Kauffer, P Martin, S Binet, BH Rhin
Title: Man-made mineral fiber hazardous properties assessment using transgenic rodents; Example of glass fiber testing
Full Source: Inhalation Toxicology, 2003, Vol 15, Iss 10, pp 1017-1027
Language: English
Address: Rihn BH, Fac Pharm Nancy, INSERM, U525,30, Rue Lionnois, F-54000 Nancy, FRANCE
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, 325 Chestnut St, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
Document type: Article
Authors: M Carbone, HI Pass, I Miele, M Bocchetta
Title: New developments about the association of SV40 with human mesothelioma
Full Source: Oncogene, 2003, Vol 22, Iss 33, pp 5173-5180
Author Keywords: SV40, mesothelioma; human cancer
Keywords Plus: Human Pleural Mesothelioma; Large-T-Antigen; Human-malignant mesothelioma; Human cell-transformation; Human tumors; DNA- sequences; Aberrant methylation; Molecular mechanisms; Simian Virus-40; Polio Vaccine
TGA/Book no.: 709FL
Discipline Oncogenesis & Cancer Research
Language: English
Address: Carbone A, Loyola Univ, Dept. Pathol, Cardinal Bernardin Canc Ctr, Canc Immunol Program, Room 205, 2160 S 1st Ave, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
Document: Article
Authors: J Turim, RC Brown
Title: A dose-response model for refractory ceramic fibers
Full Source: Inhalation Toxicology, 2003, Vol 15, Iss 11, pp 1103-1118
Keywords Plus: Mal Fischer-344 Rats; Risk assessment; Inhalation; Exposure; Carcinogenicity; Toxicity; tumors, RCF
TGA/Book no.: 718 FP
Discipline: Pharmacology & Toxicology
Language: English
Address: Turim J, Sci Int Inc, 1800 Diagonal Ave, Alexandria,VA 22314, USA
Document type: Article
Authors: CL Blake, DR VanOrden, M Banasik, RD Harbison
Title: Airborne asbestos concentration from brake changing does not exceed permissible exposure limit
Full Source: Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 2003, Vol 38, Iss 1, pp 58-70
Language: English
Address: Harbison RD, Univ S Florida, Coll Publ Hlth, Dept Environm & Occupat Hlth, Ctr Environm & Occupat Risk Anal & Management, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Author Keywords: asbestos exposure; chrysotile; automotive brake, brake change; drum brake; brake liming
Keywords Plus: Occupational exposure; Auto mechanics; Mesothelioma; Maintenance; Microscopy, Repair
TGA/Book No. 707HK
Discipline: Pharmacology & Toxicology
Document type: Article
ISBN/ISSN : 0273-2300
Publisher : Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science, 525 B St, Ste 1900, San Diego, CA 92101-4495, USA
Abstract: The use in the past, and to a lesser extent today, of chrysotile asbestos in automobile brake systems causes health concerns among professional mechanics. Therefore, we conducted four separate tests in order to evaluate an auto mechanic's exposure to airborne asbestos fibers while performing routine brake maintenance. Four nearly identical automobiles from the 1960s have four wheel drum brakes were used. Each automobile was fitted with new replacement asbestos-containing brake shoes and then driven over a predetermined public road course for about 2253 km. Then, each car was separately brought into a repair facility; the brakes removed and replaced with new asbestos-containing shoes. The test conditions, methods, and tools were as commonly used during the 1960s. The mechanic was experienced in brake maintenance, having worked in the automobile repair profession beginning in the 1960s. Effects of three independent variables, e.g., filing, sanding, and arc grinding of the replacement brake shoe elements, were tested. Personal and area air samples were collected and analyzed for the presence of fibers, asbestos fibers, total dust and respirable dust. The results indicated a presence in the air of only chrysotile asbestos and an absence of other types of asbestos. Airborne chrysotile fiber exposures for each test remained below currently applicable limit of 0.1 fiber/ml (eight-hour time-weighted average).
Authors: AM Langer
Title: Reduction of the biological potential of chrysotile asbestos arising from conditions of service on brake pads
Full Source: Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 2003, Vol 38, Iss 1, pp 71-77
Language: English
Author keywords: chrysotile asbestos brake pad; service conditions; structural degradations; surface modification
Keywords plus: Mesothelioma; Exposure
TGA/Book No.: 707HK
Discipline: Pharmacology & Toxicology
Document type: Article
Address: Langer AM, CUNY Grad Sch & Univ Ctr,PhD Program Earth & Environm Sci. 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA
ISBN/ISSN: 0273-2300
Publisher: Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science, 525 B St, Ste 1900, San Diego, CA 92101-4495, USA
Abstract: Data exist that show that chrysotile asbestos does not retain its mineral properties, or biological activity, at temperatures far below the olivine transformation point. Temperatures hundred of degrees below this point cause the mineral to lose structural water with accompanying crystal structure degradation. The loss of structure is accompanied by modification of its surface and reduction or loss of biological activity. Using heating studies and milling as an approximation of thermal and mechanical shear stress that chrysotile is subjected to on a brake lining, biological blunting is shown to begin much earlier than the olivine transformation process. Minimal degradation of the chrysotile surface structure imparts a disproportionately great effect on its biological activity. Biological and epidemiological data for brake workers exposed to chrysotile asbestos should be viewed in context with the conditions of service to which the product was subjected over a lower range of temperatures than previously considered important. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved.
Authors: KJ Butnor, TA Sporn, VL Roggli
Title: Exposure to brake dust and malignant mesothelioma: A study of 10 cases with mineral fiber analyses
Full Source: Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 2003, Vol 47, Iss 4, pp 325-330
Author keywords: asbestos; auto repair, brake dust; chrysotile; fiber analysis; mechanic; mesothelioma; occupation; peritoneum; pleura
Keywords Plus: Chrysotile asbestos; general-population; workers; mechanics; repair; maintenance; inhalation; clearance; mortality; amosite
TGA/Book No.: 689RF
Discipline: Pharmacology & Toxicology
Document type: Article
Language: English
Address: Roggli VL, Univ Vermont, Ctr Med, Dept Pathol, Burlington, VT 05405 USA
ISBN/ISSN: 0003-4878
Publisher: Oxford Univ Press, Great Clarendon St, Oxford OX2 6DP, England
Abstract: Objectives: A large number of workers in the USA are exposed to chrysotile asbestos through brake repair, yet only a few cases of malignant mesothelioma (MM) have been described in this population. Epidemilogic and industrial hygiene studies have failed to demonstrate an increased risk of MM in brake workers. We present our experience of MM in individuals whose only known asbestos exposure was to brake dust and correlate these findings with lung asbestos fiber burdens.
Methods: Consultation riles of one of the authors were reviewed for cases of MM in which brake dust was the only known asbestos exposure. Lung fiber analyses were performed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) in all cases for which formalin-fixed or paraffin-embedded lung tissue was available.
Results: Ten cases of MM in brake dust-exposure individuals were males aged 51-73 yr. Nine cases arose in the pleura and one in the peritoneum. Although the median lung asbestos body count (19 AB/g) is at our upper limit of normal (range 0-20 AB/g), half of the cases had levels within our normal range. In every case with elevated asbestos fiber levels by SEM, excess commercial amphibole fibers were also detected. Elevated levels of chrysotile and non-commercial amphibole fibers were detected only in cases that also had increased commercial amphibole fibers.
Conclusions: Brake dust contains exceedingly low levels of respirable chrysotile, much of which consists of short fibers subject to rapid pulmonary clearance. Elevated lung levels of commercial amphiboles in some brake workers suggest that unrecognized exposure to these fibers plays a critical role in the development of MM.
Authors: D Bernstein, R Rogers, P Smith
Title: The Biopersistence of Candian chrysotile asbestos following inhalation
Full Source: Journal Inhalation Toxicology, Vol 15, Iss 13, November 2003
Language: English
Address: Bernstein DM, 40 chemin de la Petite-Boissiere, 1208 Geneva, Switzerland
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Journals, 325 Chestnut St, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
Document type: Article
Abstract : Chrysotile asbestos is often included with other asbestos materials in evaluation and classification. However, chrysotile is a serpentine with markedly different physical and chemical characteristics in comparison to amphiboles (e.g. crocidolite, amosite, tremolite). In contrast to amphiboles which are solid rod-like fibers, chrysotile is composed like a rope of many fine fibrils which tend to unwind.
In order to quantify the dynamics and rate by which chrysotile is removed from the lung, the biopersistence of a sample of commercial chrysotile from the Eastern Townships area of Quebec, Canada, labeled "QS Grade 3-F" which is the longest commercial grade intended for textile use was studied. As the long fibers have been shown to have the greatest potential for pathogenicity, the chrysotile samples were specifically chosen to have more than 200 fibers/cm3 longer than 20 um present in the exposure aerosol. This publication presents the results of this study through 3 months post exposure.
Study Design:
1) Fiber clearance (lung digestions): At 1-day, 2-days, 7-days, 14-days, 1-month, 3-months, and 12-months (to be reported) following a 5-day (6 hours/day) inhalation exposure, the lungs from groups of animals were digested by low temperature plasma ashing and subsequently analyzed by transmission electron microscopy for total chrysotile fibers number in the lungs and chrysotile fiber size (length and diameter) distribution in the lungs.
2) Fiber distribution (confocal microscopy): This procedure was included in order to identify where in the lung the fibers were located. At 1-day, 2-days, 7-days, 14-days, 1-month and 3-months (to be reported) post exposure, the lungs from groups of animals were analyzed by confocal microscopy to determine the anatomic fate, orientation and distribution of the retained chrysotile fibrils deposited on airways and in the parenchymal region.
Chrysotile was found to be rapidly removed from the lung. Fibers longer than 20 um were cleared with a T 1/12 = 16 days, most likely by dissolution into shorter fibers. The shorter fibers were also rapidly cleared from the lung with fibers 5-20 um clearing even faster (T 1/12 = 29.4 days) than those < 5 um in length. The fibers <5 um in length cleared at a rate (T 1/12 = 107 days) which is within the range of clearance of insoluble nuisance dusts. The breaking apart of the longer fibers would be expected to increase the short fiber pool and therefore could account for this difference in clearance rates. The short fibers were not found clumped together but appeared as separate, fine fibrils, occasionally unwound at one end. Short free fibers appeared in the corners of alveolar septa, and fibers or their fragments were found within alveolar macrophages. The same was true of fibers in lymphatics, as they appeared free or within phagocytic lymphocytes. Neutrophil-mediated inflammatory response did not occur in the presence of chrysotile fibers at the time points examined.
Taken in context with the scientific literature to date, this report provides new robust data which clearly supports the difference seen epidemiologically between chrysotile and amphibole asbestos.
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Authors: A Churg
Title: Interactions of exogenous or evoked agents and particles: The role of reactive oxygen species
Full Source: Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2003, Vol. 34, Iss 10, p.1230-1235
Language: English
Address: Churg A, Univ British Columbia, Dept. Pathol. 2211 Westbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2B5, Canada
Publisher: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd., The Boulevard Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 1GB, England
Author key words: ozone, cigarette smoke, air pollution, asbestos, COPD, free radicals
Document type: Review
Authors: V Ascoli, C CarnovaleSca
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