"The first edition received critical acclaim due to the interdisciplinary nature of its content. The editors have updated and expanded the topics covered in the first edition with the help of internationally known experts.

Content includes:
- Definitions of asbestos by different methodologies and the potential impact that those forms have on health
- Internationally accepted sampling/analytical schemes
- Findings of major asbestos-related diseases that continue to increase in most industrialized countries where asbestos is widely used
- Information on asbestos-induced diseases in biological systems

The book includes diagrams, tables, and photographs, it remains an interdisciplinary resource on the major issues in asbestos exposure and human health, with coverage that spans history, pathology, and epidemiology as well as sampling, analysis, and regulatory issues."

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