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Asbestos and Disease

Book1978

Authors:

Irving J. Selikoff and Douglas H.K. Lee

Asbestos and Disease

Book1978

 

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Irving J. Selikoff and Douglas H.K. Lee

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Asbestos and Disease provides a much-needed comprehensive compendium and presentation of accumulated information on asbestos and disease. Organized into five parts, this book begi ... read full description

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    BIBLIOGRAPHY

    Pages 487-520

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    Addendum

    Pages 521-534

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    Supplementary Bibliography

    Pages 535-536

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    Subject Index

    Pages 537-549

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    Inside Back Cover

    Page 551

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    ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES: An Interdisciplinary Monograph Series

    Pages 552-553

About the book

Description

Asbestos and Disease provides a much-needed comprehensive compendium and presentation of accumulated information on asbestos and disease. Organized into five parts, this book begins with the nature, occurrence, properties, mining, milling, manufacturing, and use of asbestos minerals. Some chapters follow on the identification, quantification, and environmental distribution of asbestos fibers. This book also tackles the asbestotic and neoplastic effects of asbestos. The pathogenic mechanisms, prevention, and control of asbestos are also addressed. This work will provide nonspecialists with easily comprehensible and meaningful data that will assist them in their endeavors in this field.

Asbestos and Disease provides a much-needed comprehensive compendium and presentation of accumulated information on asbestos and disease. Organized into five parts, this book begins with the nature, occurrence, properties, mining, milling, manufacturing, and use of asbestos minerals. Some chapters follow on the identification, quantification, and environmental distribution of asbestos fibers. This book also tackles the asbestotic and neoplastic effects of asbestos. The pathogenic mechanisms, prevention, and control of asbestos are also addressed. This work will provide nonspecialists with easily comprehensible and meaningful data that will assist them in their endeavors in this field.

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ISBN

978-0-12-636050-9

Language

English

Published

1978

Copyright

Copyright © 1978 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Academic Press

Authors

Irving J. Selikoff

Director, Environmental Sciences Laboratory, Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York, New York, New York

Douglas H.K. Lee

Consultant, Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York, New York, New York

Associate Director, National, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina