 Asbestos, Serpentine
"Asbestos, Serpentine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A type of asbestos that occurs in nature as the dihydrate of magnesium silicate. It exists in two forms: antigorite, a plated variety, and chrysotile, a fibrous variety. The latter makes up 95% of all asbestos products. (From Merck Index, 11th ed, p.893)
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D017632
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D01.524.500.050 D01.578.725.050.075 D01.578.725.500.050 D01.837.725.700.760.070.110 D01.837.725.700.760.535.400
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Asbestos, Serpentine" by people in Profiles.
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Dodge DG, Engel AM, Prueitt RL, Peterson MK, Goodman JE. US EPA's TSCA risk assessment approach: a case study of asbestos in automotive brakes. Inhal Toxicol. 2021 Aug-Dec; 33(9-14):295-307.
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Goodman JE, Peterson MK, Bailey LA, Kerper LE, Dodge DG. Electricians' chrysotile asbestos exposure from electrical products and risks of mesothelioma and lung cancer. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 2014 Feb; 68(1):8-15.
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Lau JA, McCall AC, Davies KF, McKay JK, Wright JW. Herbivores and edaphic factors constrain the realized niche of a native plant. Ecology. 2008 Mar; 89(3):754-62.
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Ashford NA, Castleman B, Frank AL, Giannasi F, Goldman LR, Greenberg M, Huff J, Joshi KT, LaDou J, Lemen RA, Maltoni C, O'Neil R, Richter E, Silbergeld EK, Teitelbaum DT, Thebaud-Mony A, Tomatis L, Watterson A. The International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) and its influence on international organizations. Int J Occup Environ Health. 2002 Apr-Jun; 8(2):156-62.
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Noble PW, Henson PM, Riches DW. Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) mRNA expression in bone marrow derived macrophages is stimulated by chrysotile asbestos and bleomycin. A potential marker for a reparative macrophage phenotype. Chest. 1991 Mar; 99(3 Suppl):79S-80S.
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