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 Proceedings of the 9th International Conference, Tokyo, Japan, 13-16 October 1997
Edited by
K. Chiyotani, Director, Rosai Hospital for Silicosis, Tochigi, Japan
Y. Hosoda, Consultant, Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Hiroshima, Japan
Y. Aizawa, Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Japan
Included in series
International Congress, 1153
Description
This book will be very useful for those who are engaged in prevention or health management of occupational respiratory diseases. Key features
of Advances in the Prevention of Occupational Respiratory Diseases are the discussions, presentations, and lectures at the 9th
International Conference in Kyoto, Japan which focused on the results of the latest researches in the field and the tendency of occupational
respiratory diseases in many countries.
Papers focused on all types of occupational respiratory diseases including:
- pneumoconiosis,
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biological effect of natural and synthetic fibers,
- occupational respiratory allergies,
- and more...
Audience
Researchers, Industrial Doctors, Industrial Health Managers and Industrial Health Officials.
Contents
Preface.
Organizing Committee Members.
Keynotes.
Preventing pneumoconioses and eliminating silicosis: opportunities
and illusions
(G.R. Wagner).
The role of health surveillance in the prevention of pneumoconiose
(H.E. Fengsheng, L.I. Dehong).
Responses
of the lung and pleura to inhaled particulate material:
pathobiological aspects
(A.R. Gibbs).
Advances in imaging of occupational respiratory
diseases
(A.V. Proto).
Engineering control of work environment reduces the incidence of
occupational respiratory disease
(T. Numano).
The role of training and education in the prevention of occupational
respiratory diseases
(R. Green).
Working Groups.
Summary
report of Working Group - 1: "ILO International
Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconioses;" and Working
Group - 2: "Global Action
on Elimination of Silicosis"
(I. Fedotov).
Summary report of Working Group - 3: "Occupational Respiratory
Allergies"
(W. Jones Williams).
Summary report of Working Group - 4: "Natural and Synthetic Fibres";
and Working Group - 5: "Relationship Between Occupational
Respiratory
Diseases and Lung Cancer"
(M.S. Huuskonen).
Epidemiology and health surveillance.
Respiratory disorders.
Prevention
of asbestosis at the work place in Hungary
(Gy. Ungváry, A. Mándi, É. Six).
Occupational diseases of the respiratory
tract in the working
inhabitants of Belgrade, Yugoslavia
(M. Pavlovic, D. Filipovic, M. Mugosa).
Improved reporting of asbestos-related
occupational cancers
in Finland
(A. Karjalainen et al.).
Asbestos program of the Finnish institute of occupational health
1987-1992
(M.S. Huuskonen et al.).
Standardization of Korean respiratory symptom questionnaire
(D. Paek et al.).
A clinical study
of occupational respiratory diseases
(P.P. Nayar).
Work-related respiratory illnesses as perceived by the working
population in Hong
Kong
(T.H. Lam, S.F. Chung).
Evaluation of lung function in voluntary fire fighters: preliminary
results
(D. Terryn et al.).
Long-term clinical, radiological and pulmonary function studies in
victims of the Bhopal tragedy
(V.K. Vijayan et al.).
Silicosis.
The impact of expert community on miners' risk management of
respiratory diseases
(J. Kavian-Lanjani, K. Ohlsson).
Relation of lung
function to silicosis, emphysema and respiratory
symptoms in workers exposed to silica dust
(X.-R. Wang, E. Yano).
Silicosis in the ceramic
industry: dose-response relationship
(K. Legrand-Cattan et al.).
Prevalence of pneumoconiosis in three diatomite manufacturing
factories in Korea
(H.-S. Lim, H.-K. Cheong, I.G. Yun).
Silicosis in Hong Kong
(W.K. Lo).
Ceramics and fumes.
Respiratory symptoms
and lung function after exposure to exhaust
fumes from rape seed oil in comparison to regular diesel fuel
(B. Hasford et al.).
Estimation of exposure to welding fumes using new
magnetopneumography
(T. Yagami et al.).
Pneumoconioses.
Trends in
the prevalence of coal workers' pneumoconiosis in US
autopsied coal miners
(F.H.Y. Green et al.).
Chest symptoms in CWP and
cor pulmonale of radiological criterion
(Y.-H. Cheon).
Four-year changes in chest X-ray, computed tomography scans at the
early stages
of pneumoconiosis
(J.-P. Bertrand et al.).
National survey on classification for supervision of pneumoconiosis (1)
(S. Shinohara et al.).
National survey on classification for supervision of pneumoconiosis (2)
(S. Taniguchi et al.).
Studies on
changes in categories for pneumoconiosis X-ray classification
in Japanese workers with occupational exposure to mineral dusts
(S. Kagamimori et al.).
Development of coal workers' pneumoconiosis in Korea risk factors
and incidence density
(B.-S. Choi).
Surveillance
of pneumoconiosis morbidity in US underground
coal miners: 1970-1995
(R.B. Althouse et al.).
Pneumoconiosis mortality surveillance
in the USA, 1968-1992
(K.M. Bang et al.).
Major epidemiological problems of coal-workers' pneumoconiosis in
the area of Upper
Silesia in Poland
(A. Stasiów, K. Marek).
Mortality from specific causes among patients with coal workers'
pneumoconiosis: a
historical cohort study
(A. Ren, L. Liu, X. Han).
Surveillance of work-related and occupational respiratory diseases in
South Africa
(SORDSA): results from the first year
(E. Hnizdo, D. Rees).
Lymphocytes subpopulations and functional subsets in pneumoconiosis
(M. Kawami,
I. Ebihara).
Lung cancer.
An epidemiological study on silica, silicosis, and lung cancer in the
south east of Okayama Prefecture,
Japan
(T. Tsuda et al.).
Pottery industry and risk of lung cancer: a case-control study in
Seto City, Aichi Prefecture
(I.
Takagi et al.).
Dust exposure and mortality due to all causes and lung cancer among
migrant workers
(H. Nakagawa et al.).
Lung cancer and immunopathologic diseases among copper miners in a
small copper mine, stonemasons and pneumoconiotic patients in Japan
(I. Ebihara, M. Kawami).
Silica, silicosis and lung cancer: evolution of an epidemiological
association
(T.L. Guidotti).
Autopsy cases
with asbestosis in Japan
(Y. Murai, M. Kitagawa).
About the relation between pneumoconiosis and the risk of lung cancer
(M. Fujii, I.
Ebihara).
Lung cancer mortality in pneumoconiosis patients in Kyoto, Japan
(H. Kawabata et al.).
Asbestos and other mineral
fibres
The global asbestos epidemic need for diagnostic criteria for outcomes
(J. Rantanen, D.W. Henderson).
A historical cohort
mortality study of construction workers
(J. Sun et al.).
The risk of lung cancer among construction workers with an asbestos-
related occupational disease
(A. Karjalainen, E. Pukkala).
Respiratory cancer incidence in relation to exposures to man-made
mineral
fibres and asbestos in Swedish construction workers
(G. Engholm et al.).
The incidence of asbestos-induced pleural or lung diseases
in
construction workers in Okayama, Japan
(T. Kishimoto).
Pleural plaques and irregular opacities on chest radiographs among
construction
workers
(N. Hisanaga et al.).
Radiographic abnormalities among Finnish construction, shipyard and
asbestos industry workers
(A. Tossavainen et al.).
Malignant pleural mesothelioma in the Trieste-Monfalcone area, Italy:
a study of 430 cases
(C. Bianch et al.).
Malignant mesothelioma in Australia (1945-1997)
(J. Leigh, P. Davidson, B. Hull).
Mesothelioma due to low-dose asbestos
exposure
(G. Hillerdal).
Chrysotile asbestos thresholds of risk
(K. Browne, G.W. Gibbs).
Mortality study of workers exposed to asbestos
in a US Navy shipyard
in Japan
(N. Kurumatani et al.).
Cohort study of mortality risk in a Chinese asbestos material plant
(K. Takahashi et al.).
Small airway disease: role of asbestos exposure
(Ch. Paris et al.).
Interactions between dust
exposure, smoking and demographic factors
in lung function of former asbestos-cement workers
(E. Algranti et al.).
Roentgenologic
and hygienic comparison of fibrosis induced by
chrysotile-asbestos
(N.F. Izmerov et al.).
Prevalence of respiratory abnormalities
of workers in rock/slag wool
producing industries in Japan
(E. Yano, K. Karita).
Mortality of male workers exposed to quartz, kaolinite,
clinoptilolite,
and fibrous mordenite
(K. Morinaga et al.).
Prevalence of bronchial preneoplasia after occupational exposure
to
asbestos. A preliminary study using autofluorescence endoscopy
(Ch. Paris et al.).
Pre-existing pulmonary fibrosis and subsequent
acceleration of FEV1
decline
(T. Nakadate).
Organic dusts and allergies.
Organic dusts
(R. Rylander).
A study of model development
for byssinosis monitoring program in
Thailand
(W. Juengprasert et al.).
Prevalence and determinants of byssinosis among textile
workers in
small factories of Thailand
(P. Silapasuwan et al.).
Ventilatory function in factory workers exposed to tea dust
(P.L. Jayawardana, M. Udupihille).
Measuring the α-amylase exposure of bakers with allergic respiratory
tract diseases
(B. Wittemann et al.).
Lung function in coal miners exposed to resins
(J.-P. Bertrand et al.).
Is there an occupational exposure
limit (TLV) present for cobalt?
A lesson from hard metal disease in Japan
(Y. Kusaka, S. Goto).
The relationship between the beryllium
level in working environment
and the beryllium lymphocyte transformation test value
(T. Yoshida et al.).
Asthme professionnel à la farine et test de provocation bronchique
spécifique
(Occupational asthma to flour and specific bronchial challenge
test)
(D. Choudat et al.).
Asthma and bronchial hyperresponsiveness in relation to occupational
exposures in a younger mid-Swedish
population
(D. Norbäck et al.).
Asthma, respiratory symptoms, and nasal inflammation in house
painters mainly exposed
to water-based paints
(G. Wieslander, D. Norbäck).
Clinical and allergological findings of workers in a printing office
with humidifier
system 10 years of follow-up
(A. Pethran, G. Mazur, G. Fruhmann).
Occupational pollen allergy due to artificial pollination among Japanese
farmers
(H. Teranishi et al.).
High levels of cat and dog allergens in the working environment in
schools in northern Sweden,
and allergic sensitization
(E. Rönmark et al.).
Incidence of occupational asthma in France, in 1996
(J. Ameille et
al.).
Incidence of reported occupational asthma in Finland 1990-95
(A. Karjalainen et al.).
Occupational hypersensitivity
pneumonitis in Japan
(K. Nakagawa et al.).
Occupational asthma in the city of São Paulo cases diagnosed in the
reference
centres for workers' health and FUNDACENTRO from January
1995 to March 1996
(E. Medina Coeli Mendonça et al.).
How to
present lung function data in epidemiological studies?
(G. Tornling, U. Johard).
Spirometric assessment of corundum workers
(E.M. De
Capitani et al.).
Respiratory effects and prevention of occupational exposure to organic
aerosols
(V. Bradic et al.).
Evaluation of sensitization by biological allergens for respiratory
disorders in swine farm workers
(Y.-M. Chiung et al.).
A descriptive study of bagassosis among Filipino sugar refinery workers
(H.D. Custodio et al.).
Respiratory hazards among agricultural
workers
(A. Ueda et al.).
Radiologic diagnosis.
Development of mobile CT unit for lung cancer screening
(T. Matsumoto et al.).
Progression of pneumoconiosis after retirement
(T. Hirose et al.).
Comparison of diagnosis of asbestos-exposure
chest X-rays for film
and CRT imagery
(T. Higashi et al.).
Reading agreement of pneumoconiosis on simple chest films
(B.-S.
Choi, J.-G. Im, H.K. Chung).
Factors influencing interreader reliability of reading for pneumoconiosis
(B.-S. Choi, J.-G. Im, H.K. Chung).
Detection of early stages of aluminium-dust-induced lung disease
(T. Kraus et al.).
Aetiology, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and
Treatment.
Toxicology and experimental studies.
Study on injury of pulmonary cells caused by free radicals induced by
SiO2 and its removal
(L.-R. Zhou, Y. Xu, J.-X. Li).
In vivo genotoxicity of silica evidenced by progressive development of
micronuclei in alveolar macrophages
(J. Leigh et al.).
Inhaled para-aramid RFP are biodegradable in the lungs of rats and
hamsters: comparisons with chrysotile asbestos fibers
(D.B. Warheit et al.).
Assessment of airborne jute mill dust and its gram
negative bacterial
endotoxin contents
(A.K. Mukherjee et al.).
Toxicological research into the etiology of the Ardystil syndrome
(B. Nemery et al.).
Freshly fractured silica: deadliest dust produces dire biological responses
(X. Shi, V. Castranova, V. Vallyathan).
Biopersistence and the possibility of fibrosis of limestone in rat lung
(T. Oyabu et al.).
Effect of limestone on the alveolar
macrophages of hamsters
(Y. Sugiura et al.).
Effect of limestone on the lungs of rabbits
(K. Mashimo et al.).
Influence
of natural anhydrite on the fibrogenic effect of cadmium
sulphide
(A.O.B. Brammertz, H. Breining).
Alteration of growth factor levels
in rat lungs instilled with chrysotile
and silica
(Y. Mei, W. Wu, S. Liu).
The fibrogenic effect of respirable dental dust containing
gallium,
indium and palladium i.t. experiments on rats: problems of the
exposure of dental technicians to dust
(A.O.B. Brammertz,
M. Augthun, C.J. Kirkpatrick).
Asbestos and other mineral fibres.
Two-week inhalation study in rats with cellulose fibers
(D.B.
Warheit et al.).
Clearance time of deposited graphite whisker in rat lungs
(S. Ishimatsu et al.).
Clearance of inhaled
potassium octatitanate whisker in rat lungs(H. Yamato et al.).
A clearance model of inhaled glass fiber in rat lungs
(H. Hori et al.).
One-year inhalation study of man-made fibers
(T. Tsuda et al.).
Acute effect of intratracheally instilled
TiO2 whisker on the rat lung:
1. Analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage
(H. Kyono et al.).
Acute effect of intratracheally
instilled TiO2 whisker on the rat lung:
3. Evaluation of fiber-induced lung injury based on bronchoalveolar
lavage fluid
analysis
(Y. Ishihara et al.).
Risk assessment of man-made fibers by RT-PCR
(Y. Morimoto et al.).
Rat alveolar macrophages
produce O2
- and NO in the culture with
JFM standard fibers
(H. Iguchi, S. Kojo).
Magnetometric evaluation for
toxicity of titanium dioxide to alveolar
macrophages
(M. Okada et al.).
Magnetometric evaluation for the toxicity of silicon
carbide whisker to
alveolar macrophages in hamsters
(H. Karube et al.).
Protein adsorption to the mineral fibers
(T. Iwata,
Y. Shinohara, N. Kohyama).
Cell toxicity and clastogenic activity of asbestos and its substitutes
(K. Koshi et al.).
Changes
in some BAL-parameters biomarkers in pathogenesis of
lung diseases after exposure to fibrous dusts
(A. Kaiglová, M. Hurbánková).
BAL and antioxidant state parameters in the process of the lung
pathogenesis after exposure to long fibrous dusts
(M. Hurbánková et al.).
Correlation of total amount of exposure and dust concentration at first
exposure to chest X-P course findings in asbestos
plant employees
(M. Tamura et al.).
The clinical significance of the diffuse pleural changes on asbestosis
(W. Xinjun, W. Xinyan,
Z. Gan).
Magnetometric evaluation for the toxicity of chrysotile fibers to alveolar
macrophages
(T. Keira et al.).
Studies
on man-made mineral fiber-mediated viral transfection
(T. Nakayama et al.).
Concentrations of quartz in the lungs of silicon
carbide workers
(G. Perrault et al.).
Persistence of man-made mineral fibers (MMMF) in the sheep tracheal lobe
(A. Dufresne,
R. Bégin, G. Perrault).
Comparative study of Japan fiber material (JFM) standard samples:
1. Evaluation of refractory fiber-induced
TNF-α generation and
cytotoxicity in murine macrophage cells
(Y. Ishihara, J. Kagawa).
Comparative study of Japan fiber material
(JFM) standard samples:
2. The effects of whisker fibers on the cell cycle and cell death in A549
epithelial-like cells
(Y. Ishihara,
K. Aoshiba, J. Kagawa).
Biopersistence of inhaled glass fibers in rat lungs
(S. Ishimatsu et al.).
Measurement of reactive oxygen
species by human monocyte-derived
macrophages exposed to JMF
(M. Ohyama, T. Otake, K. Morinaga).
Acute effect of intratracheally instilled
TiO2 whisker on the rat lung:
2. Histological examination
(H. Kyono et al.).
Carcinogenesis.
Asbestos fibers
and human malignant mesothelioma
(Y. Suzuki et al.).
Mesothelioma incidence in rats after asbestos exposure was
significantly
decreased by a surface modification of the fiber
(S. Adachi, K. Takemoto).
P53 and Bcl-2 expression in pneumoconiosis-related lung cancers
(M. Katabami et al.).
A clinical report on cancers of the respiratory system in chrome factory
employees
(K. Kimura et
al.).
Epidemiologic survey on lung cancer morbidity among workers of
chromate production in China
(S. Cai et al.).
Multivariate
analysis between pulmonary fiber dimensions and
malignant mesothelioma
(K. Sakai et al.).
Increased 8-OH-Gua in DNA and its
repair activity in crocidolite
treated hamster lung
(R. Yamaguchi et al.).
Inhalation carcinogenesis studies of six halogenated
hydrocarbons in
rats and mice
(K. Nagano et al.).
Cases of pulmonary cancer in patients with pneumoconiosis in the
heavy engineering
industry
(A. Zaslavsky, L. Teterina, A. Horobrykh).
Immunology and allergy.
Detection of
Trichosporon
in host
and environment by polymerase chain
reaction (PCR): a new diagnostic approach to hypersensitivity
pneumonitis or infection
(K. Nakagawa et al.).
Polymer fume fever and brominated flame retardants in plastics
preliminary observations
(B. Nemery et al.).
Green tea-induced asthma: epigallocatechin gallate as the major
causative agent
(T. Shirai, A. Sato, H. Takeuchi).
Effects of the lesions
of the suprachiasmatic nuclei and light-dark phase
inversed exercise on asthmatic responses in rats
(M. Irie, S. Nagata).
Global environmental
pollutant vanadium activates mast cells and
basophils
(S. Kitani et al.).
Effects of respiratory function tests due to inhalation
of platinum
chloride acid
(H. Taniwaki et al.).
Bronchial and alveolar lesions in guinea pigs induced by repeated
exposure
to toluene diisocyanate
(A. Niimi et al.).
Gluten asthma: case report
(D. Dupas et al.).
Clinical evaluation of wheat
flour specific IgE antibody in baker's asthma
(T. Kamidaira et al.).
Pathological features of the lung obtained from a fatality
of occupational
asthma sensitized with wheat flour
(T. Nakazawa et al.).
Contact sensitivity induced in mice by hexamethylene
diisocianate
(N. Nishio, K.-i. Tanaka, R. Tokunaga).
Clinico-pathological aspects and broncho-alveolar lavage.
The relationship
between lung dust content and the histological and
roentogenological patterns of recent Japanese pneumoconiosis
(Y. Saitoh et al.).
Pneumoconiosis and chronic cor pulmonale a review of an autopsy
record
(O. Taguchi et al.).
Exercise test of patients with
pneumoconiosis with Swan-Ganz catheter
(T. Michibata et al.).
Pathogenetic relationship between tuberculosis and pneumoconiotic
massive fibrosis an autopsy survey
(K. Honma et al.).
Evaluation of therapeutic effects of combined drug treatments in silicotic
patients
(C. Zou, D. Li).
The relationship between shipyard works, asbestos-associated
pathological findings and number of asbestos
bodies in autopsy lung
(Y. Natori et al.).
The therapeutic effects of whole lung lavage with polyvinylpyridine-N-
oxide solution
in pneumoconiosis patients
(Z. Zhang et al.).
The measurement of IL-1, IL-8, TNF for the diagnosis of pneumoconiosis
(Y. Lim,
K.-A. Kim, I.-G. Yun).
Experimental studies and molecular biology.
Studies on the effect of quartz, bentonite and kaolin dust
mixtures on
rat lung
(Z. Adamis et al.).
Building materials: a number of biological effects, especially in coal
mining
(A.O.B.
Brammertz, R. Holusa).
Expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase and role of nitric oxide
on the formation of granuloma in rat lung
(K. Setoguchi et al.).
Differences in the inflammogenicity of standard and ultrafine nickel:
the role of nitric oxide
(Q. Zhang et al.).
The therapeutic effect of anticoagulants on the acute respiratory
distress syndrome rats
(J.-y. Zhao, H. Liu, S.-j.
Wang).
Asbestos-induced peptide growth factors that mediate interstitial
pulmonary fibrosis
(A.R. Brody et al.).
A study of
asbestos-induced aneuploidy in Drosophila melanogaster
(H. Wang, J. Huang, S. Kagamimori).
Persistence of silica-induced inflammation
is related to delayed
occurrence of apoptosis in alveolar leukocytes
(J. Leigh et al.).
Soluble Fas message is dominantly expressed
in cases with silicosis
(T. Otsuki et al.).
TNF plays a role in the process of fibrosis induced by silica
(X. Zhang et al.).
Radiologic diagnosis.
Detection of pneumoconiosis opacities on CT images and its application
to automatic diagnosis
(Y. Hagihara et al.).
Early diagnosis of asbestos-related diseases by CT scanning
(M.S. Huuskonen et al.).
Surveillance of a high-risk
group of workers exposed to asbestos with
HRCT
(T. Kraus et al.).
Comparison of posteroanterior chest X-ray and HRCT in benign
asbestos-
related diseases
(Y. Iwatsubo et al.).
Investigation of pneumoconiosis cases in chest X-rays and computer
monitors
(K. Yahata et al.).
Pneumoconioses.
Elevated serum soluble Fas levels in patients with silicosis
(A. Tomokuni et
al.).
Pneumoconiosis in five workers of a corundum abrasive recycling plant
in Brazil case reports
(E.M. De Capitani et al.).
Solubility in physiological solution and high-resolution TEM
observation of amorphous surface layer of ground quartz particles
(H. Sakabe† et al.).
Coal mine dust exposure and type of pulmonary emphysema in coal
workers
(F.H.Y. Green et al.).
Clinical features
of welder's lung
(C. Yoshii et al.).
Various lung disorders in welders
(T. Ando et al.).
Hematite, pneumoconiosis
(W.
Jones Williams et al.).
A clinical study of pulmonary aspergillosis with pneumoconiosis
(T. Kato et al.).
Comparative
pulmonary responses of humans and animals to dust
exposures
(F.F. Hahn et al.).
Prevention and therapy.
Occupational
respiratory diseases in India, their prevention and control
(V.P. Gupta).
Chronic lung disorders due to mineral particles: strategic
planning for
prevention
(A.P. Sahu).
Cyclo-oxygenase an enzyme regulating oxygen and ozone cycle in
Ocimum sanctum Linn.
(S.K. Padoley).
The evaluation of pharmacotherapy and lavage on silicosis and prospect
of combined treatments
(L. Shijie, W. Weidong).
Prevention of
occupational respiratory diseases: modulation by dietary
intake
(A.P. Sahu, B.N. Paul).
Control Measures, Information, Education
and Training.
Measurement.
Performance testing of several respirable aerosol samplers
(P. Görner et al.).
Development of a new type of personal dust monitor
(Y. Narukiyo et al.).
Relationship between total and respirable dust concentrations
in
various industrial work places
(K. Kimura).
Report on pollution by quartz dust in mining and manufacturing of
porphyry in Italy,
Trento province
(U. Verdel, A. Piccioni, R. Cerisola).
Improvements in airborne asbestos concentrations in work places of
asbestos-containing
products manufacturing plants in Japan
(K. Yoshizumi et al.).
Abolition of asbestos use in Italy and evaluation of workers'
exposure
(A. Iotti, U. Verdel).
Pulmonary deposition of particles in welders: on-site measurements
(D. Sherson, A. Frøsig, H.
Bendixen)
Occupational exposure to mineral dusts in an ornamental stone works
in Brazil
(C.R.S. Silva et al.).
Direct on-filter
analysis of crystalline silica by quantitative infrared
spectrophotometry
(Y. Shinohara).
Monitoring urban air exposure of bus drivers
and mail carriers in
Denmark
(.M. Hansen et al.).
Mineral-contaminated asbestos fibers in Korea analysis with three
different
methods
(J.K. Choi et al.).
Asbestos control in Brazilian asbestos cement production
(J.B. Amancio et al.).
Dust
control measures.
Countermeasure to control dust generating by chipping works in
building construction sites
(K. Tsuji, I. Fukuhara,
Y. Nishiguchi).
A new biosoluble stonewool insulation fibre
(U. Draeger).
Optimal spray system designs for continuous miner dust control
(G.V.R. Goodman, R.A. Jankowski).
Present status of respirable dust control technologies in Japan
(T. Nakanishi, H. Komori, T. Nagoya).
The classification of hazard levels due to exposure to industrial dust
(L. Haiyan).
Eliminating silicosis: how current efforts will provide
models for control
of occupational health risks
(T.L. Guidotti).
A technological study on collecting respiratory dust with bag filters
(Y. Qun, C. Long-Shu).
Health risk management for workers exposed to arsenic and selenium
in vapor disposition process
(S. Onuma et
al.).
Suppression of fume exposure using computer simulation technology
(Y. Tsutsui et al.).
Required performance of pushed
air in push-pull ventilation system
(H. Komine, K. Tsuji, Y. Mori).
Particle and bioaerosol pollution in a big building in Rome
(L. Camilucci et al.).
Effective and practical smoking control in an office
(H. Yamato et al.).
Respiratory protective equipment.
Service life of respiratory filters new aspects
(P. Lüth, G. Schäcke).
Work place protection factors for respiratory protective
equipment
a new approach
(B. Rajan).
Quartz dust, sodium chloride aerosol and oil mist as test aerosols
for dust respirators
(T. Myojo
and M. Sugimoto).
Measurement and treatment of various dusts generated during
medical operations
(H. Miyake, T. Nagoya, A. Ishikawa).
A cleaning service of returnable filters for dust respirators
(H. Yamada et al.).
Information, education and training.
Knowledge about silicosis in 1993 1996 in Hong Kong
(T.H. Lam, S.F. Chung).
Challenges in the fight against pneumoconiosis in Asia
(S.
Machida).
Occupational exposure to hazardous chemicals and work environment
controls in hospitals
(S. Koda et al.).
Supplementing
the use of audio-visual training materials to prevent
pneumoconiosis
(J. Tarora).
Occupational respiratory diseases in Japan.
The history of pneumoconiosis in Japan
(S. Yoshino, J. Tsuda, Y. Sahai).
Study of computer-aided diagnosis of X-ray and CT images for
detecting cancer in Japan
(J.-i. Toriwaki).
Silicosis among mill workers exposed to tonoko (mineral powder) used
for traditional Japanese
wooden furniture
Y. Kurushima et al.).
"Rush (igusa)" pneumoconiosis in Fukuyama, Japan
(Y. Yamawaki et al.).
Konnyaku
bronchial asthma
T. Nakazawa and S. Kobayashi).
Occupational hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to mushroom spores
(T. Nakazawa et
al.).
A case of baritosis observed for 13 years
(Y. Nakamura et al.).
Hoya (sea squirt) asthma: occupational asthma induced
by
inhalation of sea squirt body fluid
(T. Jyo et al.).
Index of authors.
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Hardbound, 1264 pages, publication date: AUG-1998
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-82791-3
ISBN-10: 0-444-82791-9
Imprint: EXCERPTA MEDICA
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