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Asbestos and its diseases / edited by John E. Craighead, Allen R. Gibbs.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Asbestosis.
- Asbestos--Toxicology.
- Asbestos.
- Asbestos--Health aspects.
- Asbestos--Carcinogenicity.
- Asbestos--adverse effects.
- Asbestosis--etiology.
- Lung Neoplasms--etiology.
- Occupational Exposure--adverse effects.
- Pleural Neoplasms--etiology.
- Medical Subjects:
- Asbestos--adverse effects.
- Asbestosis--etiology.
- Lung Neoplasms--etiology.
- Occupational Exposure--adverse effects.
- Pleural Neoplasms--etiology.
- Asbestosis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 403 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This work covers geology and mineralogy, lung function testing, industrial and commercial hygiene, risk assessment, cellular and molecular interactions, epidemiology of human diseases, physiology, clinical features, regulatory approaches, and absestos litigation. It will be a useful resource for both health professionals and lawyers.
- Contents:
- From cotton-stone to the New York conference: asbestos-related diseases 1878-1965 / Bruce W. Case
- Mineralogy of asbestos / John E. Craighead, Allen Gibbs, and Fred Pooley
- Disease associated with asbestos industrial products and environmental exposure / John E. Craighead
- Epidemiology and risk assessment / Graham W. Gibbs and Geoffrey Berry
- Molecular responses to asbestos : induction of cell proliferation and apoptosis through modulation of redox-dependent cell signaling pathways / Nicholas H. Heintz and Brooke T. Mossman
- Benign pleural and parenchymal disease associated with asbestos exposure / John E. Craighead
- Lung cancer associated with asbestos exposure / Richard Attanoos
- Malignant disease of the pleura, peritoneum, and other serosal surfaces / Allen R. Gibbs and John E. Craighead
- Non-thoracic cancers possibly resulting from asbestos exposure / John E. Craighead
- Diagnostic features and clinical evaluation of the asbestos-associated disease / David Weil
- Radiological features of the asbestos-associated diseases / Haydn Adams and Michael D. Crane
- Mineral fiber analysis and asbestos-related diseases / Allen R. Gibbs and Fred Pooley
- U.S. governmental regulatory approaches and actions / John E. Craighead
- Therapeutic approaches to malignant mesothelioma / Harvey I. Pass, Steven Hahn, and Nicholas Vogelzang
- Asbestos exposure and the law in the United States / Kevin Leahy
- Asbestos exposure and disease in the 20th and 21st centuries / Bertram Price and Adam Ware.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-029243-1
- 0-19-972082-7
- 1-4356-5300-9
- 1-281-34191-6
- 9786611341916
- OCLC:
- 508464415
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