Asbestos : risk assessment, health implications, and impacts on the environment / Dean L. Simmons, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Simmons, Dean L., editor.

Series:

Geology and mineralogy research developments.

Geology and Mineralogy Research Developments

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asbestos--Health aspects.

Asbestos.

Asbestos--Toxicology.

Asbestos--Environmental aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2016.

Summary:

Asbestos is the commercial name for various mineral silicates associated with numerous respiratory diseases, notably mesothelioma, asbestosis and lung cancer. This book examines risk assessments, health implications and impacts on the environment of asbestos. Chapter One provides a summary of exposure during abatement/removal of asbestos-containing floor tile and mastic. Chapter Two discusses the epidemiological patterns of environmental asbestos-related disease. Chapter Three reviews the reduction of anti-tumor immunity caused by asbestos exposure. Chapter Four summarizes current knowledge about the putative role of asbestos exposure in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma carcinogenesis. Chapter Five determines the impact of malignant mesothelioma (MM) using average life years lost and lifetime healthcare expenditures in Taiwan. Chapter Six reviews recent perspectives on both asbestos-related pleuritis and anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-related vasculitides. Chapter Seven clarifies subjects for protective policies against asbestos disaster and the meanings of local government asbestos measures in the case of Japan. Chapter Eight includes an overview of the mineralogical and morphological characterization of asbestos in Argentina.

Contents:

ASBESTOS: RISK ASSESSMENT, HEALTH IMPLICATIONS AND IMPACTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT; ASBESTOS: RISK ASSESSMENT, HEALTH IMPLICATIONS AND IMPACTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: ASBESTOS-CONTAINING FLOOR TILE AND MASTIC: A DISCUSSION OF EXPOSURE AND REGULATORY ISSUES; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; MINERAL TYPES/USES OF ASBESTOS; HISTORY OF ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS-RELATED DISEASES; EXPOSURE TO FLOOR TILE AND MASTIC; AIRBORNE EXPOSURE; NON-ASBESTOS RISKS; REGULATION OF FLOOR TILE AND MASTIC MATERIALS; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES

Chapter 2: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PATTERNS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASBESTOS-RELATED DISEASEABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; Malignant Mesothelioma and Other Diseases Associated with Asbestos; Carcinogenic Mineral Fibers; Epidemiological Pattern of MM; Environmental Exposure to Asbestos and Other Carcinogenic Mineral Fibers; METHODS; RESULTS; Description of MM Cases Exposed to Fibrous Minerals from the Natural Environment; Description of MM Cases Exposed to Asbestos Fibers Present in the Vicinity of an Asbestos Industry; Description of Non-Occupational MMs Per Type of Exposure; Mixed Exposures; CONCLUSION

REFERENCESChapter 3: REDUCTION OF ANTI-TUMOR IMMUNITY CAUSED BY ASBESTOS EXPOSURE; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. NATURAL KILLER (NK) CELL; 3. CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE (CTL); 4. T HELPER 1 CELL (TH1); 5. REGULATORY T CELL (TREG); CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: PUTATIVE ROLE OF ASBESTOS EXPOSURE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTRAHEPATIC CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; TRANSLOCATION OF ASBESTOS FIBERS IN THE BILIARY TREE; Biliary Tree and Stem Cell Niches; Asbestos Fibers in the Biliary Tree; HYPOTHESIS; ASBESTOS AND CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA RISK: A CASE CONTROL STUDY

BackgroundMaterial and Methods; Results; Discussion; OTHER STUDIES ON ASBESTOS AND BILE DUCT CANCER; Available Studies; Issues in the Study of Cholangiocarcinoma Using Data from Occupational Cohorts; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: ESTIMATING IMPACTS OF ASBESTOS-RELATED MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA: QUANTIFICATION OF LIFE EXPECTANCY LOST AND LIFETIME HEALTHCARE EXPENDITURES IN TAIWAN; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; METHODS; Participants; Extrapolation Method to Obtain Lifetime Survival Functions; Estimation of the Expected Years of Life Lost (EYLL)

National Health Insurance (NHI) Reimbursement DatabaseMeasurement of Lifetime Healthcare Expenditures (LTHE); Statistical Analysis; RESULTS; DISCUSSIONS; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENTS; REFERENCES; BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH; Chapter 6: ASBESTOS-RELATED PLEURITIS AND ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY (ANCA)-ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; CASES; A 79-Year-Old Man; A 69-Year-Old Man; ASBESTOS AND ANCA POSITIVITY; MESOTHELIAL CELL IN ASBESTOS-RELATED PLEURITIS; ANCA AND PATHOGENCITY OF VASCULITIS; ASBESTOS-RELATED PLEURITIS AND ANCA-POSITIVITY

ACKNOWLEGMENTS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63485-386-5