Asbestos publications

Technical Report · Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:6736797

NIOSH publications and testimony on the health effects of exposure to asbestos were included in this compilation as full text articles or abstracts. Additional NIOSH publications on asbestos were listed in a bibliography. The information in this report included occupational safety and health guidelines for asbestos from NIOSH; respiratory diseases (asbestosis, lung cancer, mesothelioma); work related lung disease surveillance report; and the NIOSH analytical methods for fibers, asbestos fibers, chrysotile asbestos, and bulk asbestos. Also contained in this report was NIOSH's testimony of January 24, 1991 on OSHA's proposed rule on occupational exposure to asbestos, tremolite, anthophyllite and actinolite; and NIOSH's statement of April 26, 1990 before the Subcommittee on Toxic Substances, Environmental Oversight, Research and Development, Committee on Environment and Public Works.

• Research Organization: National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH (United States). Div. of Standards Development and Technology Transfer
• OSTI ID: 6736797
• Report Number(s): PB-93-144335/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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