Asbestos air pollution.

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• Personal Author:
  Langer AM ; Nicholson WJ ; Selikoff IJ
• Description:
  Exploration of the question as to whether chrysotile asbestos is commonly found in the lungs of urban dwellers and whether this asbestos lung burden poses the threat of asbestos disease. Prior studies had shown that asbestos fibers could be found in the lungs of persons never exposed occupationally to asbestos. The current study reported indicated that of 3,000 consecutive autopsies in New York, 48.3% showed asbestos bodies in the lungs, and an examination of 28 of the cases, via a technique which allowed for qualitative analysis, revealed the presence of chrysotile fibers. Although it has now been demonstrated that asbestos is present in the urban- dwellers' lungs (and also in the lungs of rural persons who have not been exposed occupationally to asbestos) little information is available on the quantity of asbestos in the ambient air, and further, what quantity constitutes a health hazard. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Asbestos Atmosphere Dust Inorganic Chemicals Lung Lung Diseases Occupational Health Particulate Matter Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety

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• Keywords:
  Airborne-fibers Asbestosis Atmospheric-contamination Long-term-exposure NIOSH-Grant NIOSH-Publication Particulate-dusts Pulmonary-disorders Respiratory-disorders
• ISSN:
  0003-9896
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-13
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00019142
• Citation:
  Arch Environ Health 1972 Jul; 25(1):1-13
• Contact Point Address:
  Community Medicine MT Sinai School of Medicine Fifth Avenue and 100 Street New York, N Y 10029
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4) ; Chrysotile (CAS RN 12001-29-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1972
• Performing Organization:
  Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19701201
• Source Full Name:
  Archives of Environmental Health
• End Date:
  19731130
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8aa74bb2acf4f7b4ec356228de2c5023f53a47fe5f718c88adbb622389654bf3991273ea609366953e8618d7130ce0b56fe1c5ca7da954703cc2100068739257
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183816/cdc_183816_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 12.43 MB ]