Epidemiology and pathology of asbestos-related diseases

Conference · Fri Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:47851

Kane, A B ^[1]

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1. Brown Univ., Providence, RI (United States)

Recognition of the link between occupational exposure to asbestos and specific lung diseases was a relatively late development in occupational epidemiology although asbestos fibers have been used since antiquity. Key epidemiological studies are discussed in this paper. The evidence from occupational epidemiology was supported by production of similar lung disease in laboratory animals (primarily rodents). The laboratory models investigated in 1960`s and70`s raised concerns that other mineral fibers besides asbestos could cause malignant mesothelioma. This potential health hazard is discussed also. 45 refs.

• Research Organization: Mineralogical Society of America, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 47851
• Report Number(s): CONF-9310406--Vol.28; ON: TI95128824; CNN: Grant NIH R01 ES 03721; Grant NIH R01 ES 05712
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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