Man-made vitreous fibers: an overview of studies on their biologic effects
Journal Article
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· Am. Ind. Hyg. Assoc. J.; (United States)
Clinical and roentgenologic studies have not shown that workers in the MMVF industry have demonstrable pulmonary changes attributable to MMVF exposures. Large scale international experimental studies have demonstrated that MMVF cause neither lung cancer, mesothelioma nor lung fibrosis when inhaled by rats. Other studies have confirmed this and extended these findings also to monkeys and hamsters. Epidemiologic studies on a total of over 40,000 workers in the MMVF industry have failed to demonstrate that exposure to MMVF is associated with a significantly increased risk of death from lung cancer or nonmalignant respiratory disease.
- Research Organization:
- Industrial Health Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA
- OSTI ID:
- 7081322
- Journal Information:
- Am. Ind. Hyg. Assoc. J.; (United States), Journal Name: Am. Ind. Hyg. Assoc. J.; (United States) Vol. 11; ISSN AIHAA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMALS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL MODELS
BODY
CHALCOGENIDES
DISEASES
FIBERS
GLASS
HAMSTERS
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INORGANIC ACIDS
LUNGS
MAMMALS
MINERALS
MONKEYS
OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE
ORGANS
OXIDE MINERALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PERSONNEL
PRIMATES
RATS
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DISEASES
RISK ASSESSMENT
RODENTS
SILICA
SILICIC ACID
SILICON COMPOUNDS
SILICON OXIDES
VERTEBRATES
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMALS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL MODELS
BODY
CHALCOGENIDES
DISEASES
FIBERS
GLASS
HAMSTERS
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INORGANIC ACIDS
LUNGS
MAMMALS
MINERALS
MONKEYS
OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE
ORGANS
OXIDE MINERALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PERSONNEL
PRIMATES
RATS
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DISEASES
RISK ASSESSMENT
RODENTS
SILICA
SILICIC ACID
SILICON COMPOUNDS
SILICON OXIDES
VERTEBRATES