Fiber analysis vignettes: Electron microscopy to the rescue!

References

• Oury TD, Sporn TA, Roggli VL. Pathology of Asbestos-Associated Diseases, 3rd ed. New York, NY: Springer, 2014.
   Google Scholar
• Churg A. Nonneoplastic disease caused by asbestos. CH 9. In: Churg A, Green FHY, eds. Pathology of Occupational Lung Disease, 2nd ed. Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins, 1998, pp. 277–338.
   Google Scholar
• Churg A. Neoplastic asbestos-induced disease. CH 10. In: Churg A, Green FHY, eds. Pathology of Occupational Lung Disease, 2nd ed. Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins, 1998, pp. 339–91.
   Google Scholar
• Henderson DW, Rantanen J, Barnhart S, et al. Asbestos, asbestosis, and cancer: The Helsinki criteria for diagnosis and attribution. A consensus report of an international expert group. Scand J Work Environ Health 1997;23:311–6.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wagner JC, Berry G, Skidmore JW, Timbrell V. The effects of the inhalation of asbestos in rats. Br J Cancer 1974;29:252–69.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hodgson JT, Darnton A. The quantitative risk of mesothelioma and lung cancer in relation to asbestos exposure. Ann Occup Hyg 2000;44:565–601.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Roggli VL, Sharma A. Analysis of tissue mineral fiber content. CH 11. In: Oury TD, Sporn TA, Roggli VL, eds. Pathology of Asbestos-Associated Diseases, 3rd ed. New York, NY: Springer, 2014, pp. 253–92.
   Google Scholar
• Roggli VL. Tissue digestion techniques. Appendix. In: Oury TD, Sporn TA, Roggli VL, eds. Pathology of Asbestos-Associated Diseases, 3rd ed. New York, NY: Springer, 2014, pp. 339–45.
   Google Scholar
• Roggli VL, Vollmer RT. Twenty-five years of fiber analysis: What have we learned? Hum Pathol 2008;39:307–15.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McDonald JC. Epidemiology of malignant mesothelioma – An outline. Ann Occup Hyg 2010;54:851–7.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pooley FD. An examination of the fibrous mineral content of asbestos in lung tissue from the Canadian chrysotile mining industry. Environ Res 1976;12:281–98.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McDonald AD, Case BW, Churg A, et al. Mesothelioma in Quebec chrysotile miners and millers: Epidemiology and aetiology. Ann Occup Hyg 1997;41:707–19.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Begin R, Gauthier J-J, Desmeules M, Ostiguy G. Work-related mesothelioma in Quebec, 1967–1990. Am J Ind Med 1992;22:531–42.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dufresne A, Begin R, Churg A, Masse S. Mineral fiber content of lungs in patients with mesothelioma seeking compensation in Quebec. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1996;153:711–8.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McDonald JC, Armstrong B, Case B, et al. Mesothelioma and asbestos fiber type: Evidence from lung tissue analyses. Cancer 1989;63:1544–7.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• White N, Nelson G, Murray J. South African experience with asbestos related environmental mesothelioma: Is asbestos fiber type important? Reg Toxicol Pharmacol 2008;52(Suppl. 1): S92–6.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yano E, Wang Z-M, Wang X-R, et al. Cancer mortality among workers exposed to amphibole-free chrysotile asbestos. Am J Epidemiol 2001;154:538–43.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tossavainen A, Kotilainen M, Takahashi K, et al. Amphibole fibres in Chinese chrysotile asbestos. Ann Occup Hyg 2001;45:145–52.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Smith AH, Wright CC. Chrysotile asbestos is the main cause of pleural mesothelioma. Am J Ind Med 1996;30:252–66.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Peto J, Doll R, Hermon C, et al. Relationship of mortality to measures of environmental asbestos pollution in an asbestos textile factory. Ann Occup Hyg 1985;29:305–55.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wagner JC, Berry G, Pooley FD. Mesotheliomas and asbestos type in asbestos textile workers: A study of lung contents. Br Med J 1982;285:603–6.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dement JM, Brown DP, Okun A. Follow-up study of chrysotile asbestos textile workers: Cohort mortality and case-control analyses. Am J Ind Med 1994;26:431–47.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Green FH, Harley R, Vallyathan V, et al. Exposure and mineralogical correlates of pulmonary fibrosis in chrysotile asbestos workers. Occup Environ Med 1997;54:549–59.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Loomis D, Dement JM, Wolf SH, Richardson DB. Lung cancer mortality and fiber exposures among North Carolina asbestos textile workers. Occup Environ Med 2009;66:535–42.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Roggli VL, Oury TD, Moffatt EJ. Malignant mesothelioma in women. In: Rosen PP, Fechner RE, eds. Anatomic Pathology, 1997, Vol. 2. Chicago, IL: ASCP Press, 1998, pp. 147–63.
   Google Scholar
• Selikoff IJ, Churg J, Hammond EC. Relation between exposure to asbestos and mesothelioma. N Engl J Med 1965;272:560–5.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Selikoff IJ, Churg J, Hammond EC. Asbestos exposure and neoplasia. JAMA 1964;188:22–6.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Becklake MD. Asbestos-related disease of the lungs and other organs: Their epidemiology and implications for clinical practice. Am Rev Respir Dis 1976;114:187–227.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Churg A, Vedal S. Fiber burden and patterns of asbestos-related disease in workers with heavy mixed amosite and chrysotile exposure. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1994;150:663–9.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Roggli VL, Sharma A, Butnor KJ, et al. Malignant mesothelioma and occupational exposure to asbestos: A clinicopathological correlation of 1445 cases. Ultrastruct Pathol 2002;26:55–65.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mancuso TF. Relative risk of mesothelioma among railroad machinists exposed to chrysotile. Am J Ind Med 1988;13:639–57.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mancuso TF. Mesothelioma among machinists in railroad and other industries. Am J Ind Med 1983;4:501–13.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Schneider F, Sporn TA, Roggli VL. Crocidolite and mesothelioma. Ultrastruct Pathol 2008;32:171–7.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kern DG, Hanley KT, Roggli VL. Malignant mesothelioma in the jewelry industry. Am J Ind Med 1992;21:409–16.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kern DG, Frumkin H. Asbestos-related disease in the jewelry industry: Report of two cases. Am J Ind Med 1988;13:407–10.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rohl AN, Langer AN, Wolff MS, Weisman I. Asbestos exposure during brake lining maintenance and repair. Environ Res 1976;12:110–28.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lemen RA. Asbestos in brakes: Exposure and risk of disease. Am J Ind Med 2004;45:229–37.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Welch LS. Asbestos exposure causes mesothelioma, but not this asbestos exposure: An amicus brief to the Michigan supreme court. Int J Occup Environ Health 2007;13:318–27.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Goodman M, Teta MJ, Hessel PA, et al. Mesothelioma and lung cancer among motor vehicle mechanics: A meta-analysis. Ann Occup Hyg 2004;48:309–26.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kelsh MA, Craven VA, Teta MJ, et al. Mesothelioma in vehicle mechanics: is the risk different for Australians? Occup Med 2007;57:581–9.
   Google Scholar
• Laden F, Stampfer MJ, Walker AM. Lung cancer and mesothelioma among male automobile mechanics: A review. Rev Environ Health 2004;19:39–61.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Wong O. Malignant mesothelioma and asbestos exposure among auto mechanics: Appraisal of scientific evidence. Toxicol Pharmacol 2001;84:170–7.
   Google Scholar
• Garabrant DH, Alexander DD, Miller PE, et al. Mesothelioma among motor vehicle mechanics: An updated review and meta-analysis. Ann Occup Hyg 2015;60:1–19.
   Google Scholar
• Hessel PA, Teta MJ, Goodman M, Lau E. Mesothelioma among brake mechanics: An expanded analysis of a case-control study. Risk Anal 2004;24:547–52.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hammar SP, Henderson DW, Klebe S, Dodson RF. Neoplasms of the pleura. CH 43. In: Tomashefski JF, Cagle PT, Farver CF, Fraire AE, eds. Dail & Hammar’s Pulmonary Pathology, 3rd ed. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 2008, pp. 558–734.
   Google Scholar
• Butnor KJ, Sporn TA, Roggli VL. Exposure to brake dust and malignant mesothelioma: A study of 10 cases with mineral fiber analyses. Ann Occup Hyg 2003;47:325–30.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Marsh GM, Youk AO, Roggli VL. Asbestos fiber concentrations in the lungs of brake repair workers: Commercial amphibole levels are predictive of chrysotile levels. Inhal Toxicol 2011;12:681–8.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gordon RE, Dikman S. Asbestos fiber burden analysis of lung and lymph nodes in 100 cases of mesothelioma (abstr). Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2009;179: A5892.
   Google Scholar
• Case BW. Exposure to brake dust and malignant mesothelioma: Lung-retained fibre analyses using transmission electron microscopy confirm previous findings at lower magnification by scanning electron microscopy (abstr.). Presented at the British Occupational Hygiene Society, Stratford upon Avon, UK, April 5–7, 2011.
   Google Scholar
• Dodson RF, Hammar SP, Poye LW. A technical comparison of evaluating asbestos concentration by phase-contrast microscopy (PCM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and analytical transmission electron microscopy (ATEM) as illustrated from data generated from a case report. Inhal Toxicol 2008;20:723–32.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dodson RF, Graef R, Shepherd S, et al. Asbestos burden in cases of mesothelioma from individuals from various regions of the United States. Ultrastruct Pathol 2005;29:415–33.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar