The Global Health Dimensions of Asbestos and Asbestos-Related Diseases
The Collegium Ramazzini (CR) reaffirms its long-standing position that responsible public health action is to ban all extraction and use of <a title="Learn more about Asbestos" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/asbestos">asbestos</a>, i...
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oai:doaj.org-article:99a20d81ae174ab68bc77815c7f46cc32021-12-02T03:26:43ZThe Global Health Dimensions of Asbestos and Asbestos-Related Diseases2214-999610.1016/j.aogh.2016.01.019https://doaj.org/article/99a20d81ae174ab68bc77815c7f46cc32016-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/1179https://doaj.org/toc/2214-9996The Collegium Ramazzini (CR) reaffirms its long-standing position that responsible public health action is to ban all extraction and use of <a title="Learn more about Asbestos" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/asbestos">asbestos</a>, including chrysotile. This current statement updates earlier statements by the CR with a focus on <a title="Learn more about Global Health" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/global-health">global health</a> dimensions of asbestos and asbestos-related diseases (ARDs). The ARD epidemic will likely not peak for at least a decade in most industrialized countries and for several decades in industrializing countries. Asbestos and ARDs will continue to present challenges in the arena of <a title="Learn more about Occupational medicine" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/occupational-medicine">occupational medicine</a> and public health, as well as in clinical research and practice, and have thus emerged as a global health issue. Industrialized countries that have already gone through the transition to an asbestos ban have learned lessons and acquired know-how and capacity that could be of great value if deployed in industrializing countries embarking on the transition. The accumulated wealth of experience and technologies in industrialized countries should thus be shared internationally through global campaigns to eliminate ARDs.Ken TakahashiPhilip J. LandriganCollegium RamazziniUbiquity Pressarticleasbestoschrysotilelung cancermesotheliomaovarian cancerInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENAnnals of Global Health, Vol 82, Iss 1, Pp 209-213 (2016) |
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The Collegium Ramazzini (CR) reaffirms its long-standing position that responsible public health action is to ban all extraction and use of <a title="Learn more about Asbestos" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/asbestos">asbestos</a>, including chrysotile. This current statement updates earlier statements by the CR with a focus on <a title="Learn more about Global Health" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/global-health">global health</a> dimensions of asbestos and asbestos-related diseases (ARDs). The ARD epidemic will likely not peak for at least a decade in most industrialized countries and for several decades in industrializing countries. Asbestos and ARDs will continue to present challenges in the arena of <a title="Learn more about Occupational medicine" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/occupational-medicine">occupational medicine</a> and public health, as well as in clinical research and practice, and have thus emerged as a global health issue. Industrialized countries that have already gone through the transition to an asbestos ban have learned lessons and acquired know-how and capacity that could be of great value if deployed in industrializing countries embarking on the transition. The accumulated wealth of experience and technologies in industrialized countries should thus be shared internationally through global campaigns to eliminate ARDs. |
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The Global Health Dimensions of Asbestos and Asbestos-Related Diseases |
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The Global Health Dimensions of Asbestos and Asbestos-Related Diseases |
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