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Main Title Man-made vitreous fibres.
Publisher International Agency for Research on Cancer ; World Health Organization,
Year Published 2002
OCLC Number 51037228
ISBN 9789283212812; 9283212819
Subjects Inorganic fibers--Carcinogenicity--Congresses ; Carcinogens--Congresses ; Environmental health--Congresses ; Carcinogeniteit ; Glasvezels ; Air Pollutants--adverse effects ; Mineral Fibers--adverse effects ; Carcinogenicity Tests ; Glass ; Lung Neoplasms--etiology ; Risk Assessment ; Air Pollutants--adverse effects--Congresses ; Mineral Fibers--adverse effects--Congresses ; Carcinogenicity Tests--Congresses ; Glass--Congresses ; Lung Neoplasms--etiology--Congresses ; Risk Assessment--Congresses ; Mineral Fibers--toxicity--Congresses ; Neoplasms--chemically induced--Congresses ; Occupational Exposure--Congresses
Internet Access
Description Access URL
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK396444/
Holdings
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Status
EJDM  RC268.57I60 v.81 Env Science Center Library/Ft Meade,MD 02/14/2003
EKBD  IARC/MON-081 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 05/02/2003
ELBM  RC268.57.I57 2002 v.81 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 05/14/2012
Collation viii, 418 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Notes
"This publication represents the views and expert opinions of an IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, which met in Lyon, 9-16 October 2001." At head of title: World Health Organization, International Agency for Research on Cancer. Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-374) and cumulative index.
Contents Notes
General remarks on man-made vitreous fibres -- Composition, production and use -- Toxicity -- Chronic inflammation, fibrosis and cancer -- Studies of cancer in humans -- Studies of cancer in experimental animals -- Administration to experimental animals by inhalation -- Administration to experimental animals by intraperitoneal injection -- Man-made vitreous fibres -- Exposure data -- Studies of cancer in humans -- Studies of cancer in experimental animals -- Other data relevant to an evaluation of carcinogenicity and its mechanisms -- Summary of data reported and evaluation.