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  1. Asbestos 
    https://medlineplus.gov/asbestos.html
    Asbestos is the name of a group of minerals with thin fibers. Breathing high levels of asbestos can lead to mesothelioma or lung cancer. Read ... Asbestos is the name of a group of minerals with long, thin fibers. It was once used ...
  2. Asbestosis 
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000118.htm
    Pulmonary fibrosis - from asbestos exposure; Interstitial pneumonitis - from asbestos exposure ... Breathing in asbestos fibers can cause scar tissue (fibrosis) to form inside the lung. Scarred lung tissue does not expand and ...
  3. Mesothelioma | Asbestos | MedlinePlus 
    https://medlineplus.gov/mesothelioma.html
    ... lived in places where they inhaled or swallowed asbestos particles. After being exposed to asbestos, it usually takes a long time for the ... National Cancer Institute) Also in Spanish Related Issues Asbestos Exposure and Cancer Risk (National Cancer Institute) Also ...
  4. Malignant Mesothelioma Treatment (PDQ®) - PDQ Cancer Information Summaries - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK65721
    ... testicles, but this is rare. Being exposed to asbestos can increase the risk of malignant mesothelioma. Malignant ... lived in places where they inhaled or swallowed asbestos , which has been used in the building and ...
  5. NLM Digital Collections - When You Were Exposed To Asbestos, Were You This Well Protected? 
    Publication: White Lung Association, [ca. 1986]
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584655X39
    When You Were Exposed To Asbestos, Were You This Well Protected? ... Asbestos ... developments in the 1960s exposed the misconduct of asbestos manufacturers and made them accountable to some of ...
  6. NLM Digital Collections - When you were exposed to asbestos, were you this well protected? 
    Publication: New York : White Lung Association, New York Chapter, [198-]
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101438048
    When you were exposed to asbestos, were you this well protected? ... Asbestos -- adverse effects ... at top of poster. Text about rights of asbestos victims and possible occupations affected by asbestos dominates ...
  7. NLM Digital Collections - Asistencia práctica de enfermos 
    Publication: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1919
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/54420840R
    ... tubería de aire caliente, y su soporte. (9) Asbestos para colocar alrededor del extremo supe- rior del ... menos que la tubería no esté cubierta de asbestos, debe envolverse parte de esta clase de material ...
  8. NLM Digital Collections - Industrial survey of the state of Ohio : evaluation of industrial hygiene problems 
    Publication: Columbus, Ohio : Ohio Department of Health, 1940
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/30210670R
    ... and its p co compounds to o to Asbestos dusts b M Fluorides 70 Control Measures Alkaline ... 30), Infections (9). Chromium and its compounds (3), Asbestos dusts (2). TABLE 23a —SOAP FACTORIES — PERCENTAGE OF ...
  9. NLM Digital Collections - Evaluation of the industrial hygiene problem of the State of Colorado 
    Publication: Denver, Colorado : State of Colorado Board of Health, 1939
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/30310110R
    ... 3 - _ 1 60 Chlorine 103 15 - 1 . 49 _ Asbestos Dust 98 8 5 - _ _ 31 Chromium 89 ! 5 ... or Chlorine .3 .3 - .1 • 5 - 2.0 Asbestos Dust .3 .2 .7 - - - • 5 “ “ “ Chromium .3 - .7 ... 16.6 - #3 • - 7.3 - • Faints - • - 36.9 Asbestos Dust 98 8.2 5.1 • - - 31.6 - • - - - ...
  10. NLM Digital Collections - A systematic handbook of volumetric analysis, or, The quantitative estimation of chemical ... 
    Publication: Philadelphia : P. Blakiston's Son, 1902
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101585507
    ... end in a right-angle, into which an asbestos fibre impregnated with finely divided palladium is placed, ... 60 or 70 c.c. of air), the asbestos tube is heated gently with a small gas ...
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