Workplace Exposure to Asbestos:
Review and Recommendations

DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 81-103. NIOSH-OSHA Asbestos Work Group, April 1980. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, November 1980. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402

Table of Contents

Memorandum on Asbestos Update and Recommended Occupational Standard
I. Asbestos Nomenclature/Definitions
II. Asbestos Sampling and Analysis
III. Biologic Effects of Exposure to Asbestos in Animals
IV. Biologic Effects of Exposure to Asbestos in Humans
V. Smoking and Asbestos
VI. Exposure to Asbestiform Minerals other than Commerically Mined Asbestos
VII. Non-Occupational Exposure to Commerical Sources of Asbestos
VIII. Dose-Response Relationships
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