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Asbestos
Asbestos, a mineral used as an insulator and fire retardant during much of the first half of the 20th century, is now a nearly ubiquitous environmental contaminant. Found frequently in buildings, asbestos may be present in a broad range of construction materials, from concrete blocks to flooring.
Asbestos is a human health threat because a single submicroscopic fibril, thousands of which make up a single asbestos fiber, can cause severe lung disease. Only when asbestos is pulverized are the dangerous fibrils released into a dust cloud, which may be inhaled or ingested. The safe removal of asbestos is therefore a delicate and time-intensive process and presents a high risk of exposure. Current practice is typically to leave asbestos undisturbed. It is estimated that billions of dollars ...
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- Agent Orange
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- Cholesterol
- Circumcision, Male
- Diabetes
- Drug Abuse and Dependence, Epidemiology of
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- Intimate Partner Violence
- Lead
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- Urban Health Issues
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- Violence as a Public Health Issue
- Vitamin Deficiency Diseases
- War
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- History and Biography
- Budd, William
- Doll, Richard
- Ehrlich, Paul
- Epidemiology, History of
- Eugenics
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- Pasteur, Louis
- Public Health, History of
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- Latency and Incubation Periods
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- Organ Donation
- Pain
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- Race and Ethnicity, Measurement Issues With
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- Statistics and Research Methods
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- p Value
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