Diffuse malignant mesothelioma is a tumour which arises from mesothelial cells or possibly
a more primitive precursor ceII situated submesothelially(Davis 1979a). It can occur in any of …

Malignant mesothelioma of the pleura most commonly occurs in persons with a heavy
occupational exposure to asbestos. Some patients, however, have no such history of …

Two ancient asbestos mines, one near Karystos, Greece, and the other southeast of Mount
Troodos, Cyprus, were located in what we now know to be ophiolite terrane. Evidence …

Page 1 THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Special Paper 373 OF AMERICA Ophiolite Concept and
the Evolution of Geological Thought Edited by Yildirim Dilek and Sally Newcomb Page 2 Page …

A cohort of 736 male and 167 female workers of two anthophyllite mines in Finland was
followed up through the Finnish Cancer Registry for cancer in 1953-91. Compared with the …

Wollastonite is a naturally occurring acicular or fibrous metasilicate used in ceramics and as
a substitute for asbestos in some applications. Wollastonite fibers are rather similar in form …

Chrysotile comprises over 95% of the asbestos used today. Some have contended that the
majority of asbestos-related diseases have resulted from exposures to the amphiboles. In …

Descriptions of diffuse malignant mesothelioma date from the nineteenth century'but it was
not until 1960 that Wagner et al2 described a series of cases of pleural mesothelioma from …

The six commercial asbestos minerals (chrysotile, fibrous actinolite, crocidolite, amosite,
fibrous tremolite, and fibrous anthophyllite) are classified by the IARC as carcinogenic to …

Anthophyllite is an amphibole form of asbestos historically used in only a limited number of
products. No published resource currently exists that offers a complete overview of …