Environmental Asbestos Exposure and Mesothelioma

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• Personal Author:
  Orenstein MR ; Schenker MB
• Description:
  Epidemiologic studies of mesothelioma have focused primarily on occupational exposures to asbestos. Nonoccupational exposure to asbestos can be grouped into three main categories: paraoccupational (familial), neighborhood, and true environmental exposures. Elevated mesothelioma rates not attributable to occupational exposures have been observed in asbestos mining and manufacturing areas. Asbestos is one of the most dangerous environmental carcinogens because of the small dose known to cause mesothelioma and the rapid lethality of the disease once it develops. Further research is needed to characterize the contribution and risk profile for environmental asbestos and mesothelioma, and for the development of public health policy. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asbestos Carcinogens Environmental Monitoring Epidemiology Inorganic Chemicals Lung Lung Diseases Neoplasms Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Risk Assessment Safety Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Asbestos-fibers Asbestos-industry Asbestos-workers Asbestosis Carcinogenicity Carcinomas Exposure-assessment Exposure-levels Exposure-limits Lung-cancer Lung-disease Lung-disorders Lung-fibrosis Lung-tissue Mesothelial-cells Risk-analysis Work-environment

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• ISSN:
  1070-5287
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  371-377
• Volume:
  6
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20032398
• Citation:
  Curr Opin Pulm Med 2000 Jul; 6(4):371-377
• Contact Point Address:
  Marc Schenker, Department of Epidemiology and Prevention Medicine, One Shields Avenue, TB 16B, University of California, Davis California 95616-8638
• Email:
  schenker@epm.ucdavis.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• Performing Organization:
  University of California - Davis
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19900930
• Source Full Name:
  Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine
• End Date:
  20020929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9f051af10e350b5239e7ac8019370a75da743031e377517168f031263f73a0afb7b6f2178145aa9fde8cb71add51e384ae4b1840a10ba3b75ae961b9ba64b5de
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/186393/cdc_186393_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 173.55 KB ]