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Asbestos
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Asbestos [Chemical/Ingredient]
, asbestos fiber
, asbestos fibers
A group of minerals that take the form of tiny fibers. Asbestos has been used as insulation against heat and fire in buildings. Loose asbestos fibers…
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Air Pollution, Indoor
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2004
2004
Re: Controlled Use of Asbestos
D. Egilman
,
M. Roberts
International journal of occupational and…
2004
Corpus ID: 25422267
To the Editor:--Castleman's recent article, "Controlled Use of Asbestos" critiques industry's misrepresentation of the hazards…
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1985
1985
Cocarcinogenic and tumor promoting properties of asbestos and other minerals in tracheobronchial epithelium.
B. Mossman
,
G. Cameron
,
L. Yotti
Carcinogenesis; a comprehensive survey
1985
Corpus ID: 25475070
Epidemiologic and experimental studies document a synergistic effect of asbestos and smoking in the induction of bronchogenic…
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1984
1984
Enhanced alveolar macrophage Ia antigen expression after asbestos inhalation.
D. Hartmann
,
M. Georgian
,
E. Kagan
Journal of Immunology
1984
Corpus ID: 36863274
Asbestos is a disease characterized by pleural and interstitial pulmonary fibrosis resulting from the inhalation of asbestos dust…
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Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Induction of squamous metaplasia in organ cultures of hamster trachea by naturally occurring and synthetic fibers.
C. Woodworth
,
Brooke T. Mossman
,
J. E. Craighead
Cancer Research
1983
Corpus ID: 41892008
Asbestos exhibits many properties of classical tumor promoters. These characteristics include the ability to stimulate…
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1982
1982
In vitro effect of asbestos fibers on polymorphonuclear leukocyte function.
N. J. Doll
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R. Stankus
,
S. Goldbach
,
J. Salvaggio
International Archives of Allergy and Applied…
1982
Corpus ID: 40145300
Incubation of chrysotile and amphibole asbestos fibers with normal human peripheral blood polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN…
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1982
1982
Induction of ornithine decarboxylase in hamster tracheal epithelial cells exposed to asbestos and 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate.
J. Landesman
,
Brooke T. Mossman
Cancer Research
1982
Corpus ID: 391121
Crocidolite and chrysotile asbestos and the tumor promoter, 12- O -tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA), induce ornithine…
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1980
1980
Interactions of chrysotile asbestos fibres with the complement system.
Jean-Marie R. Saint-Remy
,
Peter J. Cole
Immunology
1980
Corpus ID: 27194337
Type A chrysotile fibres (white asbestos) were tested in vitro for activation of the complement system. Fibres were incubated in…
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1978
1978
Malignant mesothelioma arising after direct application of asbestos and fiber glass to the pericardium.
A. Churg
,
M. L. Warnock
,
K. Bensch
American Review of Respiratory Disease
1978
Corpus ID: 11804250
A case of mesothelioma, apparently arising in the pericardium, is reported in a patient who, 15 years previously, had been…
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1971
1971
Chrysotile Asbestos in Urban Air
A. L. Rickards
,
D. V. Badami
Nature
1971
Corpus ID: 4193994
THE industrial use of chrysotile asbestos is increasing and the question of whether its concentration in urban air constitutes a…
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1966
1966
The incidence of asbestos bodies in the lungs at random necropsies in Montreal.
Lily Anjilvel
,
W. Thurlbeck
Canadian Medical Association journal
1966
Corpus ID: 21386555
The incidence of asbestos bodies in the lungs of adult patients selected at random, who died in four Montreal hospitals, was…
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