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asbestiform

 [as-bes´tĭ-form]
resembling asbestos.

asbestiform

(az″bes′tĭ-form″) [ asbestos + -form]
Having a structure similar to that of asbestos.
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The term asbestiform referred to silicate minerals arranged in poly-filamentous bundles composed of extremely flexible fibers with relatively small diameters and long lengths [26].
Occupational Exposure to Talc Increases the Risk of Lung Cancer: A Meta-Analysis of Occupational Cohort Studies
Data on the geographic distributions of cancers may suggest a natural component of soil (as in the case of some asbestiform minerals that cause mesothelioma) or the emissions from a factory.
How much evidence is enough? Conventions of causal inference
(5) Although chrysotile is a reasonably well-defined mineral (see photo 2), the other five amphibole asbestiform fibers are difficult to identify, as their physical and chemical properties are so vastly different.
The industrialized history of asbestos
Of particular interest to this study is a hydrothermally derived assemblage composed of spessartine, rhodonite and asbestiform Mn-rich cummingtonite (Pires, 1977).
Ca-Mg-Fe-rich rhodonite from the Morro da Mina mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Kietzman, "Asbestiform Fillers," in Additives for Plastics, Vol.
Phase Structure and morphology of wollastonite-reinforced polypropylene composites modified with SEBS and SEBS-g-MA elastomers
(30) "[P]ossibly 16 [3.6%], but more realistically 11 [2.5%], of the 439 cases evaluated may have a condition consistent with exposure to an asbestiform mineral." (31) The pronounced disparity between the results of the follow-up study and the diagnoses made in a mass screening of the same people underscores the gross unreliability of such screenings.
Derailing the gravy train: a three-pronged approach to end fraud in mass tort medical diagnosing
sections on asbestiform minerals; specific pages vary in different
Appendix I: reading assignments
By a vote of 7 to 3, the board voted against the listing of tale without asbestiform fibers (cosmetic grade), according to the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association.
TOXICOLOGY BOARD VOTES AGAINST LISTING TALC
The essence of the company's case against regulation, and that of its industry allies, lies in the same semantic argument adopted by the Consumer Product Safety Commission regarding play sand: respirable AT&A fibers can come from two types of minerals, asbestiform and non-asbestiform.
Death in the sandbox
For regulatory purposes they are defined as the asbestiform varieties of chrysotile (serpentine), crocidolite (riebeckite), Amosite (cummingtonite-grunerite), anthophyllite, tremolite and actinolite.
Understanding the lingo - an asbestos dictionary
[6]Committee on Nonoccupational Health Risks of Asbestiform Fibers, National Research Council: Asbestiform Fibers: Nonoccupational Health Risks.
Asbestos exposure in schools
Asbestos-related disease associated with exposure to asbestiform tremolite.
Asbestos fiber content of lungs with diffuse interstitial fibrosis: an analytical scanning electron microscopic analysis of 249 cases
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