Journal Top Ten
October 1, 2001
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Article: "Cancer Mortality Among Workers Exposed to Amphibole-free Chrysotile Asbestos"
Summary: Results of a 25-year longitudinal study of 515 male asbestos plant workers and 650 non-dust-exposed workers concludes that heavy exposure to pure chrysotile asbestos alone, with negligible amphibole contamination, can cause lung cancer and malignant mesothelioma in exposed workers.
Journal: American Journal of Epidemiology 2001 Sep 15;154(6):538-43
Authors: E. Yano, Z.M. Wang, X.R. Wang, M.Z. Wang, Y.J. Lan
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Article: "Distinctive Microvillous Brush Border Staining with HBME-1 Distinguishes Pleural Mesotheliomas from Pulmonary Adenocarcenomas"
Summary: Study shows that the presence of a distinctive border by immunohistochemical staining with …
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