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222 
Technical Report 
Asbestos: The control limit for asbestos 
Acheson, ED; Gardner, MJ 
1983 
Health and Safety Commission 
CIS/85/00944 
M 
104 
English 
A review paper summarising the evidence supporting control limits on asbestos in the United Kingdom. It covers: trends in asbestos imports (the import of amosite had virtually ceased); asbestos-related diseases (asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma being strongly correlated with exposure to asbestos fibres, but also cancers of the larynx and the alimentary tract); relationship of health effects to fibre type; dose-response relationships; implications for the industrial control limit of crocidolite, amosite and chrysotile; measurement problems. 
ASBESTOS; UNITED KINGDOM; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES; RESPIRABLE DUST; LUNG CANCER; MESOTHELIOMA; ASBESTOSIS; LARYNGEAL CANCER; GASTROINTESTINAL CANCER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; LITERATURE SURVEY; 1332-21-4; 12001-29-5; 12001-28-4; 12172-73-5 
IRIS
• Asbestos
OPPT REs
• OPPT_Asbestos, Part I: Chrysotile_F. Human Health
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