Asbestos Toxicity: Literature Search, January 1970 Through July 1977

Our plain-English summary of Asbestos Toxicity: Literature Search, January 1970 Through July 1977, by G.D. Nowak (1977).

The study

• Author: G.D. Nowak
• Published: Washington, Dc: Hew, Literature Search No. 77-14 (1977)
• Type of article: Government report
• Our copy: from Johns-Manville's own medical library, J-M no. 004521.

In plain English

This document is not a research study. It is a bibliography, Literature Search No. 77-14 from the National Library of Medicine, listing 698 citations on asbestos toxicity that were added to the MEDLINE database between January 1970 and July 1977. It includes and updates an earlier search, L.S. 73-31. The references were selected from some 3,000 English and foreign-language biomedical journals and a limited number of monographs. According to its introduction, the list emphasizes asbestos-related diseases, particularly respiratory effects and cancer in humans exposed to asbestos fibers and dust. It also covers adverse effects, poisoning, and toxicologic studies in humans and experimental animals. It further lists articles on methods of measuring asbestos in air, water, soil, food, beverages and household products, on techniques for controlling it, on exposure standards, and on occupational and public health measures. Each entry gives the citation and the Medical Subject Headings under which the article was indexed. The bibliography contains no data, results or conclusions of its own.

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What the study did and found

• Design: bibliography (literature search) of citations retrieved from the MEDLINE database; not a study
• Who was studied: 698 citations to articles added to MEDLINE from January 1970 through July 1977, selected from some 3,000 English and foreign-language biomedical journals and a limited number of monographs
• Exposure: Scope of the bibliography: asbestos and asbestos-related diseases, with emphasis on respiratory effects and cancer in humans exposed to asbestos fibers and dust. It also covers toxicologic studies, analysis methods, control techniques, exposure standards, and prevention measures.

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