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Les problèmes posés par l'amiante

Problems encountered with asbestos

Asbest gebundene Probleme

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Sozial- und Präventivmedizin

Summary

Asbestos has become a pollutant of ambiant air and there is a lack of informations allowing a reliable evaluation of the health risk related to the levels of concentrations found in the community. Biological significance of short fibres, analytical methodology and permissible levels are discussed under the view of the future needs for research.

Zusammenfassung

Seit langem ist die Gefahr der Veruneinigung der beruflichen Umwelt durch Asbest erkannt. Dessen Gefährdung für die Umwelt allgemein ist hoch umstritten, insbesondere was seine karzinogene Wirkung anbelangt.

Das Problem der Faserlänge und ihre Bedeutung für die Gesundheitsschädigung, sowie Fragen bezüglich der Dosierungsmethoden werden hier behandelt.

Da Asbest kein reiner Körper ist, aber eher eine kristalline Form besitzt, ist seine Quantifikation bei den niedrigen Konzentrationen in der Umweltsluft sehr heikel.

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  1. M. Guillemin

    Present address: Institut universitaire de médecine sociale et préventive, 1052, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne

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    Guillemin, M. Les problèmes posés par l'amiante. Soz Präventivmed 22, 193–194 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02078755

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