A review of the NIOSH roadmap for research on asbestos fibers and other elongate mineral particles / Committee for the Review of the NIOSH Research Roadmap on Asbestos Fibers and Other Elongate Mineral Particles; Alan R. Nelson ... [et al.], editors ; Institue of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee for the Review of the NIOSH Research Roadmap on Asbestos Fibers and Other Elongate Mineral Particles

Contributor:

Nelson, Alan R. (Alan Ray)

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee for the Review of the NIOSH Research Roadmap on Asbestos Fibers and Other Elongate Mineral Particles.

National Research Council (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asbestos.

Inorganic fibers.

Physical Description:

xiv, 120 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

NIOSH roadmap for research on asbestos fibers and other elongate mineral particles

Review of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health roadmap for research on asbestos fibers and other elongate mineral particles

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Although asbestos is no longer mined in the United States, prior and ongoing exposures to asbestos continue to contribute to respiratory diseases, including mesothelioma, lung cancer, and asbestosis. To examine ongoing issues and concerns in this field, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) drafted a research roadmap, Asbestos Fibers and Other Elongated Mineral Particles: State of the Science and Roadmap for Research, that provides an overview of the state of the science and a plan for future research in areas including toxicology, mineralogy, epidemiology, and exposure assessment. The focus of the proposed research is on clarifying the relationship between human health effects and the physical and chemical characteristics of a wide range of elongate mineral particles. In 2008, NIOSH asked the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council to form a committee to provide a review of the scientific and technical quality of the January 2009 draft NIOSH Roadmap document. The present volume provides the committee's assessment of the Roadmap and recommendations for strengthening its utility for NIOSH, other federal agencies, the private sector, and other stakeholders"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Introduction

Key components of the roadmap

Major scientific issues: state of the science and future research directions

Recommendations and next steps

Meeting agendas

Counting strategies

Experimental design strategies.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786612454837

9780309148689

0309148685

9781282454835

1282454838

9780309140164

0309140161

OCLC:

923280827