A S B E S T O S : HEALTH RISKS A N D THEIR PREVENTION
MEETING OF EXPERTS O N T H E SAFE USE OF ASBESTOS G E N E V A , 11-18 D E C E M B E R
1373
I N T E R N A T I O N A L LABOUR OFFICE - G E N E V A
43348
ISBN 92-2-101229-8
First published 1974
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Contents
Ease Report of the Meeting of Experts on the Safe Use of Asbestos Health Hazards of Asbestos by the Office of the Chief Medical Officer-, Department of Employment, United Kingdom
1 19
1.
The Effects of Asbestos on the Human Body
19
2.
Factors Influencing the Harmful Effects of Asbestos
21
3.
Prevention of Disease
22
i». Monitoring the Health of Workers 5.
The Department of Employment Survey of Asbestos Workers
Pathology of Asbestos by Professor J. Chaopeiz
23 24 29
1.
Introduction
29
2.
Criteria for Detecting Asbestosis
29
3.
Problems Presented by Exposure to Asbestos Fibres and the Appearance of a Pleural Mesothelioma ....
33
4.
Bronchial Cancer and Asbestos
66
Technical Prevention of Asbestos Hazards by A. Wilkie
72
1.
Assessment of the Exposure
72
2.
Methods of Protection
75
3.
Problem Areas Remaining
BO
Survey of Statutory provisions relating to the Prevention of Health Risks due to Asbestos
81
1.
Introduction
81
2.
General
81
3.
Scope of the Problem
82
4.
National Technical Provisions relating to Asbestos
