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Manual of Definitive Surgical Trauma Care, Fourth Edition

Manual of Definitive Surgical Trauma Care, Fourth Edition

Estimation of the Time Since Death

Estimation of the Time Since Death

The Health Effects of Asbestos

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The health-related effects of asbestos have long been mired in controversy, with industry and plaintiff attorneys playing a significant role. This comprehensive book provides a balanced and extensive evidence-based critical analysis of the literature concerning asbestos-related diseases, from a scientific and historical perspective. The book presents a carefully referenced review of the medical literature on the health effects of asbestos, and reflects the extensive experience of the author in evaluating patients with asbestos-related disorders.

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Author Dorsett D. Smith
Table Of Content

How to Critically Read and Find Truth in the Medical Scientific Literature

Limitations of Epidemiologic Exposure Studies on the Health
Effects of Asbestos
Sources of Bias

Clinical Toxicology of Asbestos
Mineralogy
ingestion
Skin Contact and Other Routes of Exposure
Asbestos Fiber toxic Mechanisms
Deposition and Clearance of Asbestos Fibers
Occupational Exposures and Regulations
Asbestos Exposures to Building Occupants
Asbestos Exposures in Outdoor Ambient Air
Asbestos in Drinking Water and Food

History of Asbestos Commercial Use and Discovery of Adverse Health Effects: Asbestosis

What Is Asbestosis and What Is Not: Radiology and Pathology Correlates the Association of Lung
Cancer and Asbestosis
Asbestos and Animal Studies
Pathophysiology
The Helsinki Criteria

The Effect of Smoking and Lung Cancer

Asbestos-Related Pleural Disease

Disability and Impairment in Asbestosis and Asbestos-Related Diffuse Pleural Disease

The Evolution of Workers’ Compensation and Employer Responsibility

Does Asbestos Cause Additional Malignancies Other than Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma?
Asbestos and Renal Cancer
Asbestos and Upper GI Tract Cancer
Carcinoma of the Larynx: The Role of Asbestos
The Role of HPV: The Elephant in the Room
Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and Asbestos Exposure
Ovarian Cancer and Asbestos Exposure
Autoimmune Disease

Asbestos Exposure and Mesothelioma
Early Discovery: 1767–1900
Histologic Controversy: 1900–1942
Definition and Suspicion: 1943–1960
Association and Causation: 1960–1973

The Many Causes of Mesothelioma
Known Naturally Occurring Mesotheliogenic Mineral Fibers

Other Causes of Mesothelioma Not Related to Asbestiform Mineral Fibers

Mesothelioma and Asbestos Fiber Type

Chrysotile and Mesothelioma
The Fiber toxicology of Chrysotile Asbestos

The Tremolite Hypothesis

Mesothelioma Latency and Risk Risk Modeling

Household and Neighborhood Exposure to Asbestos

What Did Asbestos Pipe insulation Manufacturers and the U.S. Navy Understand About the Risk to

Manufacturing Employees and End Users?
Naval and Shipyard Exposure

The intervention of Government to Provide Safety Standards NIOSH/ACGIH Standards

Is there a Safe Or Risk-Free Level of Asbestos Exposure?

How Do We Define Risk?
Some Commonplace Risks for Death
Publish Date 11 Nov 2015
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