Current Research and Opportunities to Address Environmental Asbestos Exposures

• Published in: Environmental health perspectives Vol. 123; no. 8; p. A194
• Main Authors: Carlin, Danielle J., Larson, Theodore C., Pfau, Jean C., Gavett, Stephen H., Shukla, Arti, Miller, Aubrey, Hines, Ronald
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 01.08.2015; NLM-Export
• Subjects: Asbestos; Asbestos - toxicity; Asbestosis - etiology; Autoimmune diseases; Brief Communications; Conferences, meetings and seminars; Dietary fiber; Disease; Diseases; Environmental aspects; Environmental Exposure; Environmental health; Environmental Pollutants - toxicity; Environmental protection; Environmental research; Environmental Restoration and Remediation; Epidemiology; Exposure; Fibers; Hazardous; Health; Health aspects; Health risks; Humans; Investigations; Lung cancer; Meetings; Mesothelioma; Mortality; Multidisciplinary research; Nanomaterials; Nanotechnology; Public health; Rheumatoid arthritis; Risk Assessment; Risk factors; Scleroderma; Studies; Toxic substances; Toxicity; Toxicology; Workshops; Montana; Turkey; Australia; United States > US; Western Australia Australia; USA, Arizona; USA, Montana; USA, Arizona, Phoenix

Asbestos-related diseases continue to result in approximately 120,000 deaths every year in the United States and worldwide. Although extensive research has been conducted on health effects of occupational exposures to asbestos, many issues related to environmental asbestos exposures remain unresolve...