Title Asbestos : selected cancers / Committee on Asbestos: Selected Health Effects, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practices, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2006] ©2006

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Description xi, 327 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Contents Machine derived contents note: Statement of Charge, 13 -- Current Legislation, 13 -- Overview of Patterns of Asbestos Use and Recognition of Its -- Health Consequences, 14 -- Committee's Approach to Its Charge, 16 -- References, 17 -- 2 Committee's Approach to Its Charge and Methods -- Used in Evaluation -- General Approach to Evidence Review, 18 -- Evidence Considered, 22 -- Criteria for Evidence Evaluation, 25 -- Methods Used for Quantitative Meta-Analysis, 36 -- Integration of Data, 43 -- References, 45 -- 3 Background Information on Asbestos4 -- Introduction, 49 -- "Fibrous" and "Asbestiform," 50 -- Serpentine Asbestos (Chrysotile) Mineralogy, 52 -- Amphibole Asbestos Mineralogy, 55 -- Properties of Potentially Hazardous Fibrous Minerals, 57 -- References, 61 -- 4 Exposure and Disposition 63 -- Exposure, 63 -- Dosimetry, 68 -- References, 77 -- "5 Biological Aspects of Asbestos-Related Diseases 81 -- Asbestos-Related Pulmonary Diseases and Their Mechanisms, 81 -- Information from Animal Studies, 90 -- Biomarkers, 94 -- References, 96 -- 6 Description of Epidemiologic Studies Included in -- Evidentiary Dataset 104 -- Cohort Studies, 104 -- Case-Control Studies, 140 -- Integration of Epidemiologic Evidence with Non-Epidemiologic -- Evidence, 144 -- References, 145 -- 7 Pharyngeal Cancer and Asbestos 159 -- Nature of This Cancer Type, 159 -- Epidemiologic Evidence Considered, 161 -- Evidence Integration and Conclusion, 169 -- References, 170 -- 8 Laryngeal Cancer and Asbestos 173 -- Nature of This Cancer Type, 173 -- Epidemiologic Evidence Considered, 175 -- Evidence Integration and Conclusion, 186 -- References, 188 -- 9 Esophageal Cancer and Asbestos 193 -- Nature of This Cancer Type, 193 -- Epidemiologic Evidence Considered, 195 -- Evidence Integration and Conclusion, 198 -- "References, 200 -- "10 Stomach Cancer and Asbestos 203 -- Nature of This Cancer Type, 203 -- Epidemiologic Evidence Considered, 204 -- Evidence Integration and Conclusion, 211 -- References. 212 -- 11 Colorectal Cancer and Asbestos 216 -- Nature of This Cancer Type, 216 -- Epidemiologic Evidence Considered, 217 -- Evidence Integration and Conclusion, 224 -- References, 226 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Also available via the World Wide Web Print version record Subject Asbestos -- Adverse effects Asbestos -- Physiological effect. Asbestos -- Toxicology. Asbestosis. Cancer. Carcinogens. Environmentally induced diseases. Health risk assessment. Asbestos -- adverse effects. Environmental Exposure -- adverse effects. Neoplasms -- epidemiology. Neoplasms -- etiology. Asbestos -- adverse effects. Asbestos -- toxicity. Carcinogens. Colorectal Neoplasms -- etiology. Esophageal Neoplasms -- etiology. Laryngeal Neoplasms -- etiology. Pharyngeal Neoplasms -- etiology. Stomach Neoplasms -- etiology. SUBJECT United States -- epidemiology. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481Q000453 Author Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice. LC no. 2006928950 ISBN 0309101697 (bk.) 0309659523 (pdf)

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