Also of interest
We collect here articles directly addressing asbestos related questions, which have been published since 2013 when our last Thematic Issue on Asbestos was put together. Those articles, found here, continue to be relevant, while the newer research in this collection adds to the record. Despite the risks of asbestos being well known and thoroughly researched, this collection demonstrates the ongoing development of the science, and the continuing controversies around risk and mitigation strategies.
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Also of interest
Exposure Assessment
Occupational exposure to chrysotile in an asbestos cement factory in Kyrgyzstan
Zhyldyz Kurzhunbaeva, Andrea Spinazzè, Davide Campagnolo, Sabrina Rovelli, Giacomo Fanti, Omor Kasymov, Andrea Cattaneo, Claudio Colosio, Domenico M Cavallo
Exposure hazards from continuing use and removal of asbestos cement products
Perry Gottesfeld
Measurements of airborne asbestos fibres during refurbishing
Torunn Kringlen Ervik, Stine Eriksen Hammer, Nils Petter Skaugset, Pål Graff
Validation and Recalibration of the Asbestos Removal Exposure Assessment Tool (AREAT)
Remy Franken, Jody Schinkel, Suzanne Spaan
Prevalence and Level of Occupational Exposure to Asbestos in Canada in 2016
Shelby Fenton, Ela Rydz, Paul A Demers, Cheryl E Peters
The Development and Calibration of a Mechanistic Asbestos Removal Exposure Assessment Tool (AREAT)
Remy Franken, Peter Tromp, Wouter van de Hoef, Trishala Jadoenathmisier, Jody Schinkel
Validation of an Asbestos Job-Exposure Matrix (AsbJEM) in Australia: Exposure-Response Relationships for Malignant Mesothelioma
Hiroyuki Kamiya, Susan Peters, Nita Sodhi-Berry, Alison Reid, Len Gordon, Nicholas de Klerk, Fraser Brims, Arthur W Musk, Peter Franklin
Development of a Job-Exposure Matrix (AsbJEM) to Estimate Occupational Exposure to Asbestos in Australia
Svein C. van Oyen, Susan Peters, Helman Alfonso, Lin Fritschi, Nicholas H. de Klerk, Alison Reid, Peter Franklin, Len Gordon, Geza Benke, Arthur W. Musk
Factors Associated With Non-compliance of Asbestos Occupational Standards in Brake Repair Workers
María Fernanda Cely-García, Frank C. Curriero, Margarita Giraldo, Lorena Méndez, Patrick N. Breysse, Mauricio Durán, Carlos A. Torres-Duque, Mauricio González-García, Carolina Pérez, Patricia Parada, Juan Pablo Ramos-Bonilla
SYN-JEM: A Quantitative Job-Exposure Matrix for Five Lung Carcinogens
Susan Peters, Roel Vermeulen, Lützen Portengen, Ann Olsson, Benjamin Kendzia, Raymond Vincent, Barbara Savary, Jérôme Lavoué, Domenico Cavallo, Andrea Cattaneo, Dario Mirabelli, Nils Plato, Joelle Fevotte, Beate Pesch, Thomas Brüning, Kurt Straif, Hans Kromhout
Asbestos Exposure among Transmission Mechanics in Automotive Repair Shops
Natalia Salazar, María Fernanda Cely-García, Patrick N. Breysse, Juan Pablo Ramos-Bonilla
Airborne Asbestos Exposures from Warm Air Heating Systems in Schools
Garry J. Burdett, Kirsty Dewberry, James Staff
Asbestos Exposure of Chrysotile Miners and Millers in Balangero, Italy
Stefano Silvestri, Daniela Ferrante, Andrea Giovannini, Francesco Grassi, Stefania Carofalo, Rita Ferrara, Corrado Magnani, Dario Mirabelli
Temporal Trends in Airborne Dust Concentrations at a Large Chrysotile Mine and its Asbestos-enrichment Factories in the Russian Federation During 1951-2001
Sara J Schonfeld, Evgeny V Kovalevskiy, Eleonora Feletto, Igor V Bukhtiyarov, Sergey V Kashanskiy, Monika Moissonier, Kurt Straif, Valerie A McCormack, Joachim Schüz, Hans Kromhout
Comprehensive Assessment of Exposures to Elongate Mineral Particles in the Taconite Mining Industry
Jooyeon Hwang, Gurumurthy Ramachandran, Peter C. Raynor, Bruce H. Alexander, Jeffrey H. Mandel
Estimating Occupational Exposure to Asbestos in Australia
Michael Kottek, David J. Kilpatrick
Analysis of Historical Worker Exposures to Respirable Dust from Talc Mining and Milling Operations in Vermont
Alan Rossner, Pamela R D Williams, Elayna Mellas-Hulett, Mohammad Arifur Rahman
A Quantitative Retrospective Exposure Assessment for Former Chrysotile Asbestos Miners and Millers from Baie Verte, NL, Canada
Tina Giles Murphy, Stephen Bornstein, John Oudyk, Paul A Demers
Estimating Lifetime Asbestos Exposure in Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Christopher M. Barber, Ruth E. Wiggans, David Fishwick
Lung Fibre Assessments
Lung Asbestos Fibre Burden and Pleural Mesothelioma in Women with Non-occupational Exposure
Pietro Gino Barbieri, Anna Somigliana, Yao Chen, Dario Consonni, Roberto Vignola, Luigi Finotto
Trends in Asbestos and Non-asbestos Fibre Concentrations in the Lung Tissues of Japanese Patients with Mesothelioma
Kiyoshi Sakai, Naomi Hisanaga, Eiji Shibata, Michihiro Kamijima, Gaku Ichihara, Yasuhiro Takeuchi, Tamie Nakajima
Asbestos Lung Burden in Necroscopic Samples from the General Population of Milan, Italy
Michelangelo Casali, Michele Carugno, Andrea Cattaneo, Dario Consonni, Carolina Mensi, Umberto Genovese, Domenico Maria Cavallo, Anna Somigliana, Angela Cecilia Pesatori
Asbestos Fibres in the Lungs of an American Mechanic Who Drilled, Riveted, and Ground Brake Linings: A Case Report and Discussion
Murray M. Finkelstein
Epidemiology/Risk Assessment
Occupational Asbestos Exposure and Kidney Cancer: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Cohort Studies
Chris C Y Pang, Kevin Phan, Md Nazmul Karim, Afsana Afroz, Matthew Winter, Deborah C Glass
Malignant Mesotheliomas in Textile Rag Sorters
Elisabetta Chellini, Gianrocco Martino, Annalisa Grillo, Aldo Fedi, Andrea Martini, Laura Indiani, Luigi Mauro
Mesothelioma in a Wine Cellar Man: Detailed Description of Working Procedures and Past Asbestos Exposure Estimation
Alessandro Nemo, Stefano Silvestri
Factors Affecting Asbestosis Mortality Among Asbestos-Cement Workers in Italy
Paolo Girardi, Enzo Merler, Daniela Ferrante, Stefano Silvestri, Elisabetta Chellini, Alessia Angelini, Ferdinando Luberto, Ugo Fedeli, Enrico Oddone, Massimo Vicentini, Francesco Barone-Adesi, Tiziana Cena, Dario Mirabelli, Lucia Mangone, Francesca Roncaglia, Orietta Sala, Simona Menegozzo, Roberta Pirastu, Danila Azzolina, Sara Tunesi, Lucia Miligi, Patrizia Perticaroli, Aldo Pettinari, Francesco Cuccaro, Anna Maria Nannavecchia, Lucia Bisceglia, Alessandro Marinaccio, Venere Leda Mara Pavone, Corrado Magnani the Working Group
Malignant Mesothelioma Among Employees of a Connecticut Factory That Manufactured Friction Materials Using Chrysotile Asbestos: An Update
Murray M Finkelstein, Christopher Meisenkothen
Mesothelioma among Motor Vehicle Mechanics: An Updated Review and Meta-analysis
David H. Garabrant, Dominik D. Alexander, Paula E. Miller, Jon P. Fryzek, Paolo Boffetta, M. J. Teta, Patrick A. Hessel, Valerie A. Craven, Michael A. Kelsh, Michael Goodman
Response to Kay Teschke. Re: Mesothelioma among Motor Vehicle Mechanics: An Updated Review and Meta-analysis
David H. Garabrant, Dominik D. Alexander, Paula E. Miller, Jon P. Fryzek, Paolo Boffetta, M. Jane Teta, Patrick A. Hessel, Valerie A. Craven, Michael A. Kelsh, Michael Goodman
Measurement
Round-Robin Tests with Relocatable Coverslips Improve Asbestos Fibre Counting
Carla Fanizza, Giuseppe Castellet Y Ballarà, Federica Incoronato, Biagio Maria Bruni, Fulvio Cavariani, Marco Fraschetti, Patrizia Garofani, Federica Ietto, Lorenzo Palumbo, Orietta Sala, Verduchi Patrizia, Achille Marconi
Differential Counting of Asbestos Using Phase Contrast and Fluorescence Microscopy
Tomoki Nishimura, Maxym Alexandrov, Takenori Ishida, Ryuichi Hirota, Takeshi Ikeda, Kiyoshi Sekiguchi, Akio Kuroda
Characterization of Lone Pine, California, Tremolite Asbestos and Preparation of Research Material
Martin Harper, Bradley Van Gosen, Owen S. Crankshaw, Stacy S. Doorn, Todd J. Ennis, Sara E. Harrison
Confidence Intervals for Asbestos Fiber Counts: Approximate Negative Binomial Distribution
David Bartley, James Slaven, Martin Harper
Evaluation of the Dark-Medium Objective Lens in Counting Asbestos Fibers by Phase-Contrast Microscopy
Eun Gyung Lee, John H. Nelson, Michael L. Kashon, Martin Harper
Control
Managing the risks of an asbestos bulk storage facility at a research institute
Lebogang Ntlailane, Lerato Sebola, Dikeledi Singo, Tebogo Nthoke, Gabriel Mizan
Performance of Asbestos Enclosure Ventilation: Laboratory Evaluation of Complex Configuration
Ilpo Kulmala, Markku Linnainmaa, Anna Kokkonen, Kimmo Heinonen, Tomi Kanerva, Arto Säämänen
Managing Asbestos-Containing Materials in the Built Environment: Report of a Health and Safety Executive and Government Office for Science Workshop
Jo Bowen, Laurie Davies, Garry John Burdett, Christopher Michael Barber
Workplace Respiratory Protection Factors during Asbestos Removal Operations
Sandrine Chazelet, Pascal Wild, Eric Silvente, Céline Eypert-Blaison
Other/Public Health/History
Eliminating Take-Home Exposures: Recognizing the Role of Occupational Health and Safety in Broader Community Health
Andrew Kalweit, Robert F Herrick, Michael A Flynn, John D Spengler, J Kofi Berko, Jr, Jonathan I Levy, Diana M Ceballos
Martinite: An Alternative to Asbestos Insulation Available Since the Nineteenth Century
Stefano Silvestri, Alessia Angelini
Vol 69, Issue 4 May 2025
Browse selected papers from the latest issue of Annals of Work Exposures and Health below.
Included in this issue:
- EDITOR'S CHOICE: A quantitative solar ultraviolet radiation job-exposure matrix for Europe
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of the epidemiology of man-made vitreous fibres and respiratory health outcomes
- Psychosocial risks and ethical implications of technology: considerations for decent work
- Demographic differences in facial anthropometric data from 3D scans and implications for respirator fit
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