Objective: A recent Monographs Working Group of the International Agency for Research on
Cancer (IARC) concluded that there is sufficient evidence for a causal association between …

Background The relationship between greenness and health emerges as new public health
concern. More published studies from multiple areas have explored the relationship …

Objective: To examine existing asbestos-exposed occupational cohorts and apply a meta-
analytic technique to determine the magnitude of association between exposure and lung …

Mesothelioma, a rare tumor, is highly correlated with asbestos exposure. Mesothelioma,
similar to all asbestos-related diseases, is dose/intensity dependent to some degree, and …

Background Exposure to occupational hazards among firefighters may lead to increased
mortality from cancer, lung, or heart disease. Methods Age‐and gender‐adjusted mortality …

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 …

Funding: Plaintiffs' attorneys in litigation against Johnson & Johnson (Ingham et al vs
Johnson & Johnson et al) paid for tissue analysis for talc and asbestos in patient tissues …

Studies of occupational exposures have been a fruitful area of research for identifying
carcinogens. Some of the early observations, such as increased risk of breast cancer among …

Background The association between asbestos exposure and ovarian cancer has been
questioned given the possible misdiagnosis of peritoneal mesothelioma as ovarian cancer …

Objectives: Knowledge of mortality patterns following exposure to asbestos has been
determined mostly from cohort studies of men who were exposed to asbestos in their …