Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Asbestos-Containing Floor Tile and Mastic: A Discussion of Exposure and Regulatory Issues
JH Lange and Luca Cegolon (Envirosafe Training and Consultants, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, and others)
Chapter 2. Epidemiological Patterns of Environmental Asbestos-Related Disease
Francine Baumann (ERIM, University of New Caledonia, Noumea, New Caledonia)
Chapter 3. Reduction of Anti-Tumor Immunity Caused by Asbestos Exposure
Naoko Kumagai-Takei, Yasumitsu Nishimura, Hidenori Matsuzaki, Suni Lee, Kei Yoshitome, Shoko Yamamoto, Tamayo Hatayama, Megumi Maeda, and Takemi Otsuki (Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan, and others)
Chapter 4. Putative Role of Asbestos Exposure in the Development of Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
Giovanni Brandi, Simona Tavolari, Guido Biasco, Stefano Mattioli, Francesco Saverio Violante, Andrea Farioli (Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy, and others)
Chapter 5. Estimating Impacts of Asbestos-Related Malignant Mesothelioma: Quantification of Life Expectancy Lost and Lifetime Healthcare Expenditures in Taiwan
Lukas Jyuhn-Hsiarn Lee, Ken Takahashi, Yu-Yin Chang, and Jung-Der Wang (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli, Taiwan, and others)
Chapter 6. Asbestos-Related Pleuritis and Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody (ANCA)-Associated Vasculitis
Yoshinori Kinoshita, Ayako Hara, Takao Ogawa, Misa Song, Keita Hosoi, and Kyongyob Min (Respiratory Division of Internal Medicine, Itami-City Hospital, Japan, and others)
Chapter 7. Protective Policies against Asbestos Disaster in Japan
Hiroyuki Mori and Shinjiro Minami (Ritsumeikan University, Iwakura-cho Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan)
Chapter 8. Asbestos in Argentina: Mineralogical and Morphological Characterization. Environmental Impact
Lescano Leticia, Marfil Silvina, Sfragulla Jorge, Bonalumi Aldo, Locati Francisco, and Maiza Pedro (Universidad Nacional del Sur, San Juan, Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and others)
Index