Asbestos is a carcinogen associated with lung cancer, but few studies have examined the
increased risk of lung cancer due to environmental asbestos exposure. We performed a …

Airborne fibers, when sufficiently biopersistent, can cause chronic pleural diseases, as well
as excess pulmonary fibrosis and lung cancers. Mesothelioma and pleural plaques are …

Background Engineered carbon nanotubes are currently used in many consumer and
industrial products such as paints, sunscreens, cosmetics, toiletries, electronic processes …

Carbon nanotubes are commercially-important products of nanotechnology; however, their
low density and small size makes carbon nanotube respiratory exposures likely during their …

Many countries have already taken action at a national level to prohibit the use of all forms of
asbestos to limit exposure and so control prevent and ultimately eliminate asbestos-related …

Despite the use of large amounts of asbestos in the 1990s, few studies have been
conducted in Korea on occupational and environmental asbestos exposure and lung cancer …

Asbestos was mainly used in various industries. So, everyone can exposure to asbestos in
the environmental and occupational settings. However, most of the countries banned using …

The aim of the study was to examine factors associated with Malignant Mesothelioma (MM)
incidence rate of the groups with occupational asbestos and environmental asbestos or …

Lung cancer is a significant health problem worldwide. Lung cancer causes 11.4% of all
new cancer cases and 18% of cancer deaths. The lung cancer age-standardized incidence …

Apart from living near an asbestos industry site, mine, or in an asbestos-contaminated
house, environmental asbestos exposure is observed in certain regions where the (natural) …