Our medical research library lists 18,689 published studies on asbestos and the diseases it causes, published from 1841 to 2026. Each study's record (its title, authors, journal and abstract) comes from PubMed, the National Library of Medicine's index of medical journals. We are writing our own analyses of the studies, starting with the most important, and will add them here as they are finished.
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In this section
- Medical Journals A–Z
The 2,143 medical journals that published the 18,689 asbestos studies in our library, A to Z.
- Medical Research by Type of Article
The asbestos studies in our library by type of article, as PubMed labels them: reviews, case reports, clinical trials and more.
- Medical Research by Topic
Asbestos studies by fiber, product, industry and job, as the National Library of Medicine indexes them.
Browse A–Z
Browse by journal
The journals that published the most studies:
- American Journal of Industrial Medicine · 669 studies
- Environmental Health Perspectives · 348 studies
- British Journal of Industrial Medicine · 324 studies
- Occupational and Environmental Medicine · 318 studies
- Environmental Research · 294 studies
- The Annals of Occupational Hygiene · 277 studies
- Journal of Thoracic Oncology · 264 studies
- Lung Cancer · 261 studies
- Chest · 256 studies
- Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 232 studies
- Cancers · 228 studies
- British Journal of Cancer · 193 studies
- Thorax · 162 studies
- PloS One · 160 studies
- International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health · 156 studies
- Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health · 156 studies
- Inhalation Toxicology · 151 studies
- Frontiers in Oncology · 149 studies
- Scientific Reports · 138 studies
- The American Review of Respiratory Disease · 135 studies
Or see all 2,143 journals, A to Z.
Browse by type of article
As PubMed labels them:
- Reviews · 2,287 studies
- Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses · 251 studies
- Case Reports · 2,174 studies
- Clinical Trials · 419 studies
- Comparative Studies · 924 studies
- Multicenter Studies · 306 studies
- Observational Studies · 72 studies
- Evaluation and Validation Studies · 187 studies
- Guidelines and Consensus Statements · 51 studies
- Historical Articles · 186 studies
- Letters and Comments · 1,151 studies
- Editorials and News · 389 studies
Browse by topic
The fibers, products, industries and jobs the studies are about, as the National Library of Medicine indexes them:
- Chrysotile · 1,050 studies
- Crocidolite · 585 studies
- Amosite · 235 studies
- Tremolite · 184 studies
- Anthophyllite · 32 studies
- Actinolite · 26 studies
- Amphibole Asbestos · 520 studies
- Talc and Vermiculite · 283 studies
- Asbestos Textiles · 54 studies
- Ships and Shipyards · 65 studies
- Railroads · 22 studies
- Power Plants · 28 studies
- Construction · 35 studies
- Oil, Gas and Refining · 8 studies
- Welding · 38 studies
- Automobiles and Mechanics · 61 studies
- Naval Medicine · 36 studies
Medical terms
Terms in the abstracts link to their entries in the Lexicon, our plain-English dictionary of asbestos medicine, law and history.
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