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ArticleAmerican journal of industrial medicine2022

Public health risks from asbestos cement roofing.

Michael Kottek, Man Lee Yuen

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Article in American journal of industrial medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Asbestos Poverty as a New Paradigm for Multidimensional Urban Sustainability.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2026
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  4. Mapping Asbestos Vulnerability in Indonesia Using Earthquake Vulnerability.Journal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi · 2025
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  5. Mosses in Urban Environments as Passive Biofilters and Organisms Impacted by Asbestos-Contaminated Habitats.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
    Review
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  8. Public health risks from asbestos cement roofing.American journal of industrial medicine · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Michael KottekAsbestos Diseases Research Institute, Sydney, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4188-1636
Man Lee YuenAsbestos Diseases Research Institute, Sydney, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-8834-1883

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is no identified risk-free threshold exposure to asbestos. Based on epidemiology and toxicology, asbestos fiber dimensions have been implicated in causing asbestos-related diseases. Phase-contrast microscopy provides only a limited index of exposure to fiber dimensions implicated in mesothelioma induction. Installed asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) create an ongoing risk of intense exposure during natural disasters and remodeling, along with low-level exposure arising from the continual emission of airborne asbestos into the environment arising from weathering of installed ACM. Epidemiological studies have demonstrated a risk of disease associated with proximity to asbestos cement roofing (ACR), while ongoing environmental emissions of asbestos from installed ACR have also been demonstrated. Owing to the limitations of the available data, a precautionary approach is warranted; asbestos-free roofing materials should be used in new construction and existing ACR should be removed at the earliest opportunity.

Indexed as

AsbestosMesotheliomaMesothelioma, MalignantOccupational ExposureConstruction MaterialsHumansPublic HealthWeatherAsbestosasbestos cement roofingdust diseasesenvironmental exposuremesothelioma

Identifiers

PMID34962302
PMCPMC9305126

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