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989503
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b743873
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Institute of Medicine (U.S.)., Committee on Asbestos: Selected Health Effects.
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Asbestos : : selected cancers /\ Committee on Asbestos: Selected Health Effects, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practices, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
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| Publication Statement
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Washington, D.C. :: National Academies Press,, ©2006.
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1 online resource (xi, 327 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0309659523
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: 9780309659529
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0309101697
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9780309101691
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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""FrontMatter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Committee�s Approach to Its Charge and Methods Used in Evaluation""; ""3 Background Information on Asbestos""; ""4 Exposure and Disposition""; ""5 Biological Aspects of Asbestos-Related Diseases""; ""6 Description of Epidemiologic Studies Included in Evidentiary Dataset""; ""7 Pharyngeal Cancer and Asbestos""; ""8 Laryngeal Cancer and Asbestos""; ""9 Esophageal Cancer and Asbestos""; ""10 Stomach Cancer and Asbestos""; ""11 Colorectal Cancer and Asbestos""; ""12 Summary and Recommendations""; ""APPENDIXES""
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""APPENDIX A Agendas of Public Meetings Held by the Committee on Asbestos: Selected Health Effects""""APPENDIX B Lineage and Design Properties of Studies on Cohorts Informative for Selected Cancers""; ""APPENDIX C Description of Case-Control Studies of All Selected Cancers as Related to Exposure to Asbestos""; ""APPENDIX D Cohort Results Tables""; ""APPENDIX E Case-Control Results Tables""; ""APPENDIX F Initial Analyses of Available Data Concerning Cancers of Colon and/or Rectum and Asbestos Exposure""; ""APPENDIX G Committee on Asbestos: Selected Health Effects""
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Asbestos-- Physiological effect.
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Asbestosis.
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Cancer.
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Carcinogens.
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Environmentally induced diseases.
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Health risk assessment.
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Asbestos-- adverse effects.
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Asbestos-- toxicity.
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Colorectal Neoplasms-- etiology.
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Esophageal Neoplasms-- etiology.
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Laryngeal Neoplasms-- etiology.
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Pharyngeal Neoplasms-- etiology.
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Stomach Neoplasms-- etiology.
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Asbestos-- Physiological effect.
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Asbestosis.
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Cancer.
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Carcinogens.
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Environmentally induced diseases.
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HEALTH FITNESS-- Safety.
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Health risk assessment.
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| Dewey Classification
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363.17/91
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| LC Classification
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RC775.A8I6 2006eb
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| NLM classification
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2007 D-055
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QV 610I59a 2006
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| Added Entry
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Institute of Medicine (U.S.)., Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice.
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