While there are hundreds of books available on many different aspects of asbestos, none
contain the encyclopedic, comprehensive coverage you will find here. Edited by leading …

Asbestos is a group of fibrous silicate minerals that includes two mineralogic groups:
amphiboles and serpentines. While the carcinogenic role of amphiboles (eg, crocidolite and …

This paper reports the mortality experience from 1948 to 1989 of 2,504 maintenance
employees who had a minimum of one year of employment in jobs with potential exposure …

Recorded mortality from asbestosis has increased markedly in the United States in recent
decades, from 0.49 to 3.06 per million persons between 1970 and 1990. Although …

In a previous analysis of a cohort of shipyard workers, we found excess mortality from all
causes, lung cancer, and mesothelioma for longer work durations and in specific …

Ventilatory capacities of 73 Libyan men working in the Asbestos-Cement Pipe factory in
Jenzur, a residential area near Tripoli, Libya and those of 73 age-matched healthy Libyan …

Several publications have proposed a workplace risk of lung cancer in petroleum refineries,
with asbestos as the potential agent. To examine the associations between petroleum …

Asbestos use has been widespread in the refinery and petrochemical sector. Mesotheliomas
have been diagnosed among workers in this sector [Dement et al., 1998], but there are …