Mineral Fibers and Health
eBook - ePub

Mineral Fibers and Health

  1. 400 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Mineral Fibers and Health

About this book

This text looks at mineral fibers, their occurrence, production, properties and their uses. The part of this book covering pathogensis and modes of action begins with a chapter on the physicochemical properties of asbestos fibers and a chapter on the deposition and retention of fibers within the lung and their clearance.

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Yes, you can access Mineral Fibers and Health by F.D.K. Liddell,Klara Miller in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Technologie et ingénierie & Science environnementale. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Preface
  6. The Editors
  7. Contributors
  8. Table of Contents
  9. Chapter 1 Exposure to Mineral Fibers aud Human Health: Historical Background
  10. Chapter 2 Occurrence, Production, Properties, and Uses of Asbestiform Fibers
  11. Chapter 3 Occurrence, Production, Properties, and Uses of Naturally Occurring Mineral Fibers Other than Asbestos
  12. Chapter 4 Properties, Applications, and Manufacture of Man-Made Mineral Fibers
  13. Chapter 5 Airborne Dusts
  14. Chapter 6 Asbestos in the Occupational Environment
  15. Chapter 7 Environmental Measurements of Man-Made Mineral Fibers
  16. Chapter 8 Fibers in the General Environment
  17. Chapter 9 The Epidemiology of Asbestosis
  18. Chapter 10 Pleural and Airway Disease Associated with Mineral Fibers
  19. Chapter 11 Epidemiology of Lung Cancer in Relation to Asbestos Exposure
  20. Chapter 12 Epidemiology of Mesothelioma
  21. Chapter 13 Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma Related to Other Natural Mineral Fibers
  22. Chapter 14 Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma Related to Man-Made Mineral Fibers: The Epidemiological Evidence
  23. Chapter 15 Other Aspects of Asbestos-Related Malignancies
  24. Chapter 16 Inconsistencies and Limitations
  25. Chapter 17 Physico-Chemical Properties of Asbestos as Determinants of Biological Potential
  26. Chapter 18 Pulmonary Deposition and Clearance of Airborne Mineral Fibers
  27. Chapter 19 Information Obtained from Fiber-Induced Lesions in Animals
  28. Chapter 20 Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma Related to Man-Made Mineral Fibers: The Toxicological Evidence
  29. Chapter 21 Pulmonary Immunobiological Effects Related to the Inhalation of Mineral Fibers
  30. Chapter 22 Mechanism of Action of Mineral Fibers as Studied by In Vitro Methods
  31. Chapter 23 Conflicts in the Evidence on the Health Effects of Mineral Fibers
  32. Chapter 24 The Need for Mineral Fibers
  33. Chapter 25 Alternatives to Mineral Fibers
  34. Chapter 26 Mineral Fibers in the Nonoccupational Environment
  35. Chapter 27 Summing Up
  36. Index