Journal Top Ten -- COLUMNS-Asbestos--March 2007

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TITLE: "Monitoring and identification of airborne asbestos in unorganized sectors, India"

AUTHORS: Ahmad Ansari F, Ahmad I, Ashquin M, Yunus M, Rahman Q.

JOURNAL: Chemosphere. 2007 Mar 2; [Epub ahead of print]

SUMMARY: Rajasthan state in India is credited to cater more than 90 percent of total production of asbestos in this country, of which around 60 percent is processed there in unorganized sectors including milling and manufacturing of asbestos-based products. Unorganized asbestos units particularly mills showed unhealthy occupational conditions, therefore an industrial hygiene study was carried out focusing on the prevalence of asbestos fibres in …