ReviewJournal of toxicology and environmental health. Part B, Critical reviews2011
Nonpulmonary outcomes of asbestos exposure.
Review in Journal of toxicology and environmental health. Part B, Critical reviews, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.
- Hidden in plain sight: a narrative review on environmental exposures and the fight against mesothelioma.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Review
- Mortality and Cancer Incidence After Exposure to Blue Asbestos in Childhood: A Further 10 Years of Follow-Up.American journal of industrial medicine · 2025Article
- Burden and trends of cancer attributable to occupational asbestos exposure in China from 1990 to 2021.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Effects of different amosite preparations on macrophages, lung damages, and autoimmunity.Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) · 2024Article
- Immunomodulation, Toxicity, and Therapeutic Potential of Nanoparticles.Biotech (Basel (Switzerland)) · 2022Review
- Innate Immunity: A Balance between Disease and Adaption to Stress.Biomolecules · 2022Review
- Late Inflammation Induced by Asbestiform Fibers in Mice Is Ameliorated by a Small Molecule Synthetic Lignan.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Article
- Autoantibodies and cancer among asbestos-exposed cohorts in Western Australia.Journal of toxicology and environmental health. Part A · 2021Article
- Primary Ovarian Mesothelioma: A Case Series with Electron Microscopy Examination and Review of the Literature.Cancers · 2021Article
- Mechanisms of Environment-Induced Autoimmunity.Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology · 2021Article
- Acute popliteal thrombus workup leads to discovery of primary peritoneal mesothelioma in the absence of any known asbestos exposure.BMJ case reports · 2020Article
- Asbestos exposure and autoantibody titers.Annals of occupational and environmental medicine · 2020Article
- Ship breaking or scuttling? A review of environmental, economic and forensic issues for decision support.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2017Review
- Risk assessment of gastric cancer associated with asbestosis: a case report.Annals of occupational and environmental medicine · 2015Article
- Glass Microparticulate Ingestion: An Unusual and Difficult-to-Diagnose Cause of Chronic Abdominal Pain.ACG case reports journal · 2014Article
- Autoimmunity and asbestos exposure.Autoimmune diseases · 2014Review
- Asbestos-Induced Gastrointestinal Cancer: An Update.Journal of gastrointestinal & digestive system · 2013Article
- Elimination of asbestos use and asbestos-related diseases: an unfinished story.Cancer science · 2012Review
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- Mesothelial cell and anti-nuclear autoantibodies associated with pleural abnormalities in an asbestos exposed population of Libby MT.Toxicology letters · 2012Article
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The adverse pulmonary effects of asbestos are well accepted in scientific circles. However, the extrapulmonary consequences of asbestos exposure are not as clearly defined. In this review the potential for asbestos to produce diseases of the peritoneum, immune, gastrointestinal (GIT), and reproductive systems are explored as evidenced in published, peer-reviewed literature. Several hundred epidemiological, in vivo, and in vitro publications analyzing the extrapulmonary effects of asbestos were used as sources to arrive at the conclusions and to establish areas needing further study. In order to be considered, each study had to monitor extrapulmonary outcomes following exposure to asbestos. The literature supports a strong association between asbestos exposure and peritoneal neoplasms. Correlations between asbestos exposure and immune-related disease are less conclusive; nevertheless, it was concluded from the combined autoimmune studies that there is a possibility for a higher-than-expected risk of systemic autoimmune disease among asbestos-exposed populations. In general, the GIT effects of asbestos exposure appear to be minimal, with the most likely outcome being development of stomach cancer. However, IARC recently concluded the evidence to support asbestos-induced stomach cancer to be "limited." The strongest evidence for reproductive disease due to asbestos is in regard to ovarian cancer. Unfortunately, effects on fertility and the developing fetus are under-studied. The possibility of other asbestos-induced health effects does exist. These include brain-related tumors, blood disorders due to the mutagenic and hemolytic properties of asbestos, and peritoneal fibrosis. It is clear from the literature that the adverse properties of asbestos are not confined to the pulmonary system.
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