Mineral Dusts and Health. Asbestos, Erionite, Quartz and non Fibrous Minerals, Metal Dusts: Examples from Turkey

      Аннотация: In this book, "Mineral Dusts and Health", inorganic and organic dusts and their effects on human health are mentioned, and the book is composed of 8 parts. The book are mesothelioma and fibrous crystalline asbestos which cause of asbestosis, acicular crystalline erionite, pneumoconiosis of the coal worker caused by coal dust, and pneumoconiosis caused by crystal quartz dust, pumice, perlite, mica, vermiculite, kaolin, sepiolite, diatomaceous earth, talc, disten, pyrophyllite, wollastonite, mainly metals such as iron, aluminum, manganese, nickel, antimony, molybdenum, vanadium, tungsten, tin, bismuth, lithium, zinc, cobalt, chromium, titanium, zirconium, tantalum, tellurium, beryl, barite, arsenic, cadmium, mercury, lead dusts, dust storms, organic materials such as cotton, flax, sugar cane, moldy fungi. The subjects mentioned in the book include examples from Turkey. Environmental asbestos and erionite mineral dusts, which constitute a particularly important public health problem in Turkey, have been extensively explained in the book. Much of the topics covered in the book are based on author's field research and laboratory data and publications.

Ключевые слова: Silicosis, Asbestos, erionite, quartz, mesothelioma, Metal dusts in Turkey