Research Catalog
Health effects of mineral dusts
- Title
- Health effects of mineral dusts / George D. Guthrie, Jr., Brooke T. Mossman, editors.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Mineralogical Society of America, ©1993.
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- xvi, 584 pages : illustrations, charts, photographs; 23 cm
- Series Statement
- Reviews in mineralogy, 0275-0279 ; v. 28
- Uniform Title
- Reviews in mineralogy ; v. 28.
- Subject
- Mineral dusts > Health aspects
- Dust > Health aspects
- Asbestos dust > Health aspects
- Mineral dusts > Physiological effect
- Mineral dusts > Toxicology
- Pollutants
- Minerals > adverse effects
- Dust > adverse effects
- Asbestos > adverse effects
- Silicon > adverse effects
- Environmental Pollutants
- pollutants
- Pollutants
- Mineral dusts > Toxicology
- Mineral dusts > Physiological effect
- Asbestos dust > Health aspects
- Dust > Health aspects
- Mineralfaser
- Staubkorn
- Gesundheitsgefährdung
- Mineralogia
- Poussières minérales
- Poussière > Lutte contre
- Pneumoconiose
- Note
- "Proceedings of a short course endorsed by the American College of Chest Physicians and the U.S. Geological Survey."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Merging the geological and biological sciences: An integrated approach to the study of mineral-induced pulmonary diseases / G.D. Guthrie, Jr. & B.T. Mossman -- Rocks, minerals, and a dusty world / C. Klein -- Mineralogy of amphiboles and 1:1 layer silicates / D.R. Veblen & A.G. Wylie -- Mineralogy of clay and zeolite dusts (exclusive of 1:1 layer silicates) / D.L. Bish & G.D. Guthrie, Jr. -- Structure and chemistry of silica, metal oxides, and phosphates / P.J. Heaney & J.A. Banfield -- Preparation and purification of mineral dusts / S.J. Chipera, G.D. Guthrie, Jr. & D.L. Bish -- Mineral characterization in biological studies / G.D. Guthrie -- Surface chemistry, structure, and reactivity of hazardous mineral dust / M.F. hochella, Jr. -- Limitationsof the StantonHypotesis / R.P. Nolan & A.M. Langer -- The surface thermodynamic properties of silicates and their interactions with biological materials / R.F. Giese, Jr. & C.J. von Oss -- Epidemiology and pathology of asbestos-related diseases / A.B. Kane -- Health effects of mineral dusts other than asbestos / M. Ross . [and others] -- Asbestos lung burden and disease patterns in man / A. Churg -- Defense mechanisms against inhaled particles and associated particle-cell interactions / B.E. Lehnert -- In Vivo assays to evaluate the pathogenic effects of minerals in rodents / J.M.G. Davis -- In vitro evaluation of mineral cytotoxicity and inflammatiory activity / K.E. Driscoll -- Cellular and molecular mechanisms of disease / B.T. Mossman -- Biological studies on the carcinogenic mechanisms of quartz / U. Saffiotti [and others] -- Regulatory approaches to reduce human health risks associated with exposures to mineral fibers / V.T. Vu.
- ISBN
- 0939950332
- 9780939950331
- OCLC
- ocm29228727
- 29228727
- SCSB-9713025
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library