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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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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
A new high resolution computed tomography scoring system for pulmonary fibrosis, pleural disease, and emphysema in patients with asbestos related disease.
N. A. Jarad
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P. Wilkinson
,
M. Pearson
,
R. Rudd
British Journal of Industrial Medicine
1992
Corpus ID: 33127169
The aim of this study was to describe a scoring system for high resolution computed tomographic (HRCT) scans analogous to the…
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Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Mortality among long-term employees of an Ontario asbestos-cement factory.
M. Finkelstein
British Journal of Industrial Medicine
1983
Corpus ID: 23710454
Mortality was studied among a group of 328 employees of an Ontario asbestos-cement factory who had been hired before 1960 and who…
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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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1975
1975
The HL-A system in asbestos workers.
J. Merchant
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P. Klouda
,
C. Soutar
,
W. Parkes
,
S. Lawler
,
M. Turner‐Warwick
British medical journal
1975
Corpus ID: 45489848
In a study of the HL-A system in 56 selected asbestos workers referred to the Pneumoconiosis Medical Panel with definite or…
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Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Relation of cigarette smoking to risk of death of asbestos-associated disease among insulation workers in the United States
E. Hammond
,
I. Selikoff
1972
Corpus ID: 58807078
Clinical studies are reported indicating that cigarette smoking greatly increases the risk of death by lung cancer among asbestos…
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1971
1971
Chrysotile Asbestos in Urban Air
A. L. Rickards
,
D. 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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Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
A study of the mortality of workers in an asbestos factory
M. Newhouse
British Journal of Industrial Medicine
1969
Corpus ID: 14441585
Newhouse, M. L. (1969).Brit. J. industr. Med.,26, 294-301. A study of the mortality of workers in an asbestos factory. A cohort…
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1966
1966
The incidence of asbestos bodies in the lungs at random necropsies in Montreal.
L. 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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Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
ASBESTOS BODIES IN HUMAN LUNGS AT AUTOPSY.
D. Cauna
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R. Totten
,
P. Gross
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA…
1965
Corpus ID: 6120254
The incidence of asbestos bodies in the lungs was investigated in 100 autopsies of adults. Lung smears were taken from the…
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1935
1935
Effects of the Inhalation of Asbestos Dust on the Lungs of Asbestos Workers. A Preliminary Study.
A. Lanza
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W. J. McConnell
,
J. W. Fehnel
1935
Corpus ID: 74122991
In 1929 the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. was approached by officials representing the asbestos industy in the United States…
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