Asbestos and its diseases / edited by John E. Craighead and Allen R. Gibbs.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.

xii, 403 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

From cotton-stone to the New York conference: asbestos-related diseases 1878-1965 / Bruce W. Case -- Mineralogy of asbestos / John E. Craighead, Allen Gibbs, and Fred Pooley -- Exposure and disease associated with asbestos industrial products and environmental exposure / John E. Craighead -- Epidemiology and risk assessment / Graham Gibbs and Geoffrey Berry --

Molecular responses to asbestos : induction of cell proliferation and apoptosis via modulation of redox-dependent cell signaling pathways / Nicholas Heintz and Brooke Mossman -- Benign pleural and parenchymal disease associated with asbestos exposure / John E. Craighead -- Lung cancer associated with asbestos exposure / Richard Attanoos --

Malignant disease of the pleura, peritoneum, and other serosal surfaces / Allen R. Gibbs and John E. Craighead -- Non-thoracic cancers possibly resulting from asbestos / John E. Craighead -- Diagnostic features and clinical evaluation of the asbestos-associated disease / David Weil -- Radiological features of the asbestos-associated diseases / Haydn Adams and Michael Crane --

Mineral fiber analysis and asbestos-related diseases / Allen R. Gibbs and Fred Pooley -- U.S. governmental regulatory approaches and actions / John E. Craighead -- Therapeutic approaches to malignant mesothelioma / Harvey I. Pass, Steven Hahn, and Nicholas Vogelzang -- Asbestos exposure and the law in the united states / Kevin Leahy -- Asbestos exposure and disease in the 20th and 21st centuries / Bertram Price and Adam Ware.

Includes bibliographical references.