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Airborne concentrations of asbestos in 71 school buildings
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Asbestos-in-air concentrations were not significantly different in different types of schools (high, intermediate or elementary) or in schools constructed in different time periods, and there was no correlation between the mineral type of asbestos found in the air and the type found in samples of bulk material.About:
This article is published in Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology.The article was published on 1991-02-01. It has received 33 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sample collection & Chrysotile.read more
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Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis and Clinical Features of Asbestos-Associated Cancers
TL;DR: The general properties of asbestos fibers will be discussed with an emphasis on chemical and physical features implicated in tumorigenesis, and a brief overview of the clinical features and treatment of cancers associated with exposure to asbestos is provided.
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Environmental exposure to asbestos and risk of pleural mesothelioma: review and meta-analysis.
TL;DR: This review suggests a substantial increase in risk of pleural mesothelioma following high environmental exposure to asbestos; however, the available data are insufficient to estimate the magnitude of the excess risk at the levels of environmental exposure commonly encountered by the general population in industrial countries.
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Quantification of short and long asbestos fibers to assess asbestos exposure: a review of fiber size toxicity
Guillaume Boulanger,Pascal Andujar,Pascal Andujar,Jean Claude Pairon,Jean Claude Pairon,Marie Annick Billon-Galland,Chantal Dion,Chantal Dion,Pascal Dumortier,Patrick Brochard,Annie Sobaszek,Pierre Bartsch,Christophe Paris,Marie Claude Jaurand +13 more
TL;DR: It is clear that the pathogenicity of SAF cannot be completely ruled out, especially in high exposure situations, and the presence of SAF in air samples appears as an indicator of the degradation of ACM and inclusion of their systematic search should be considered in the regulation.
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Indoor air quality differences between urban and rural preschools in Korea
TL;DR: Investigating the concentrations of airborne particulates and gaseous materials at preschools in urban and rural locations in Korea confirmed that pollutants in indoor and urban settings were higher than those in outdoor and rural areas, respectively.
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Airborne asbestos in buildings
Richard J. Lee,D.R. Van Orden +1 more
TL;DR: Results indicate that in-place ACM does not result in elevated airborne asbestos in building atmospheres approaching regulatory levels and that it doesNot result in a significantly increased risk to building occupants.
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Chi-Square Tests with One Degree of Freedom; Extensions of the Mantel-Haenszel Procedure
TL;DR: In this article, a method for analyzing multiple 2×2 contingency tables arising in retrospective studies of disease is extended in application and form, which includes comparisons of age-adjusted death rates, life-table analyses, comparisons of two sets of quantal dosage response data, and miscellaneous laboratory applications as appropriate.
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Asbestos exposure--quantitative assessment of risk.
Janet M. Hughes,Hans Weill +1 more
TL;DR: These models are used to calculate estimates of the potential risk to workers manufacturing asbestos products and to students enrolled in schools containing asbestos products.
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Statistical analysis of data on airborne asbestos levels collected in an EPA survey of public buildings
Kenny S. Crump,David B. Farrar +1 more
TL;DR: Data from a recent EPA study of airborne asbestos levels in 49 buildings occupied by the General Services Administration (GSA) are statistically analyzed and no statistically significant differences were detected.
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An assessment of the Environmental Protection Agency's asbestos hazard evaluation algorithm.
TL;DR: An exploratory evaluation of the Environmental Protection Agency's algorithm for assessment of risk of exposure to asbestos in buildings raises concern as to the reliability of this assessment tool.
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