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Assessment of Asbestos Concentrations in the Engine Room Environment of Marine Vessels, Phase 1.

PB84104108

Publication Date	1979
Personal Author	Jones, D. R.
Page Count	36
Abstract	Large quantities of asbestos, a group of naturally occurring fiberous minerals, have been used in the construction of ships, especially since the World War II shipbuilding boom. Recent knowledge of airborne asbestos fibers involvement in asbestosis and mesothelioma as a primary casual agent and its contributory effect in lung cancer has been of concern to many groups. The primary governmental agencies charged with control of asbestos emissions and with the health effects of asbestos are: Occupational Safety and Health Administration. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Environmental Protection Agency.
Keywords	Asbestos Industrial medicine Marine engineering Assessments Industrial hygiene Concentration(Composition) Shipbuilding Risks Sampling Sites Hazardous materials Samplers Asbestosis Toxicity Indoor air pollution Occupational safety and health Air pollution sampling Mesothelioma
Source Agency	Maritime Administration
NTIS Subject Category	68G - Environmental Health & Safety 57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 47A - Marine Engineering 68A - Air Pollution & Control 57Y - Toxicology
Corporate Authors	IIT Research Inst., Chicago, IL.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept.
NTIS Issue Number	198401
Contract Number	MA-5-38072

Assessment of Asbestos Concentrations in the Engine Room Environment of Marine Vessels, Phase 1.

Assessment of Asbestos Concentrations in the Engine Room Environment of Marine Vessels, Phase 1.
PB84104108

Publication Date	1979
Personal Author	Jones, D. R.
Page Count	36
Abstract	Large quantities of asbestos, a group of naturally occurring fiberous minerals, have been used in the construction of ships, especially since the World War II shipbuilding boom. Recent knowledge of airborne asbestos fibers involvement in asbestosis and mesothelioma as a primary casual agent and its contributory effect in lung cancer has been of concern to many groups. The primary governmental agencies charged with control of asbestos emissions and with the health effects of asbestos are: Occupational Safety and Health Administration. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Environmental Protection Agency.
Keywords	Asbestos Industrial medicine Marine engineering Assessments Industrial hygiene Concentration(Composition) Shipbuilding Risks Sampling Sites Hazardous materials Samplers Asbestosis Toxicity Indoor air pollution Occupational safety and health Air pollution sampling Mesothelioma
Source Agency	Maritime Administration
NTIS Subject Category	68G - Environmental Health & Safety 57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 47A - Marine Engineering 68A - Air Pollution & Control 57Y - Toxicology
Corporate Authors	IIT Research Inst., Chicago, IL.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept.
NTIS Issue Number	198401
Contract Number	MA-5-38072