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Main Title Airborne asbestos health assessment update.
Author Nicholson, William J.
CORP Author United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office.; Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office.
Publisher Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office, Office of Health and Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Year Published 1986
Report Number EPA/600-8-84-003F
Stock Number PB86-242864
OCLC Number 15535607
Subjects Asbestos dust ; Asbestosis--Canada ; Asbestosis--United States ; Asbestos cement--Environmental aspects--Canada ; Asbestos cement--Environmental aspects--United States ; Air--Pollution--Canada ; Air--Pollution--United States
Additional Subjects Asbestos dust ; Asbestosis--Canada ; Asbestosis--United States ; Asbestos cement--Environmental aspects--Canada ; Asbestos cement--Environmental aspects--United States ; Air--Pollution--Canada ; Air--Pollution--United States ; Industrial medicine ; Lung cancer ; Exposure ; Malignant neoplasms ; Mesothelioma ; Health risks ; Air pollution effects(Humans) ; Occupational safety and health ; Cancer
Internet Access
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Holdings
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EHAM  RA1231.A8EPA-600 8-84-003 Region 1 Library/Boston,MA 04/29/2016
EIAD  EPA/600/8-84/003F Region 2 Library/New York,NY 03/14/1998
EJED NPCD EPA/600/8-84/003F OCSPP Chemical Library/Washington,DC 07/13/1990
EJED  EPA 600/8-84-003F OCSPP Chemical Library/Washington,DC 07/13/1990
EKBD  EPA-600/8-84-003F Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 03/23/2009
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-8-84-003F Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ELBD  EPA 600-8-84-003F AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 01/28/1989
ERAD  EPA 600/8-84-003F Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA 02/26/2013
ESAD  EPA 600-8-84-003F Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB86-242864 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation xvi, 198 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Abstract
Recent data from population studies strengthened the association of asbestos with disease. Lung cancer and mesothelioma are the most important asbestos-related causes of death. The data suggest that the excess risk of lung cancer from asbestos exposure is proportional to cumulative exposure (duration X intensity) and underlying risk in the absence of exposure. Risk of death from mesothelioma appears proportional to cumulative exposure in a given period. Animal studies confirm the human epidemiological results. All major asbestos varieties produce lung cancer and mesothelioma, with only limited differences in carcinogenic potency. One can extrapolate the risks of asbestos cancers from occupational exposures, although the uncertainty is approximately tenfold or greater. Calculations of asbestos unit risk values are uncertain and based on subjective estimates because of the following limitations in data: (1) extrapolation from high occupational levels to much lower ambient levels; (2) the uncertainty of mass-to-fiber conversion; (3) statistical uncertainties; (4) various biases and confounding aspects of medical data; and very importantly, (5) nonrepresentative exposure estimates.
Notes
Distributed to depository libraries in microfiche. "June 1986." "EPA/600-8-84-003f." Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-198).