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Research on Asbestos Textiles

The National Library of Medicine's indexers, who file every article in PubMed under subject headings (MeSH), filed 54 studies in our library under “Textile Industry” or “Textiles” as a main topic. The indexing is NLM's, not ours. For what these studies mean for people exposed, read our page on asbestos textiles. Each entry links to the study on PubMed and to its journal's page in our library, where you can read the abstract.

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  • Mortality from lung cancer and other causes among workers in an asbestos textile factory. J.F. Knox, S. Holmes, R. Doll, et al. British Journal of Industrial Medicine 1968;25(4):293-303. PubMed · Publisher · Free full text

  • Asbestos-dust exposures at various levels and mortality. P.E. Enterline, M.A. Kendrick. Archives of Environmental Health 1967;15(2):181-6. PubMed · Publisher

  • Exposure to metals in the manufacture of asbestos textile products. L.J. Cralley, R.G. Keenan, J.R. Lynch. American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal 1967;28(5):452-61. PubMed · Publisher

  • Measurement of dust exposures in the asbestos textile industry. J.R. Lynch, H.E. Ayer. American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal 1966;27(5):431-7. PubMed · Publisher

    In plain English

    This 1966 report by United States Public Health Service researchers described dust measurements taken in nine asbestos textile mills from January 1964 to June 1965. These measurements were the baseline for the Service's epidemiological study of the asbestos products industry, which had been under way since January 1964 and had a cohort of over 2500 exposed workers from these mills. The report gave measurements, not health findings. Dust measured with the impinger was generally below the then Threshold Limit Value of 5 million particles per cubic foot. Membrane filter counts found eight times as many fibers as comparable impinger samples. The authors judged most fibers too thin for light microscopy. When samples were sorted into three dustiness groups based on concentration, the two methods agreed in 75% of cases. With six narrower body-burden groups, they agreed in only 50%. Dust levels were more alike across operations within a plant than for one operation across plants. Tests found no significant difference in variability between counting methods. Magnesium analysis gave about 11,000 total fibers per microgram of asbestos. The authors concluded that membrane filter fiber counts appear to have an advantage, since fibers are thought to cause disease while impinger counts are dominated by grains.

    We wrote this plain-English summary from the full article with the help of AI, and a second AI model checked each sentence against the article. It is not the authors' wording; the abstract and the article are their own account.

  • Health progress in an asbestos textile works. J. Mitchell. Archives of Environmental Health 1961;3:37-41. PubMed · Publisher

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