CHAPTER 7. MINERAL CHARACTERIZATION IN BIOLOGICAL STUDIES

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. COPYRIGHT II
3. FOREWORD III
4. PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS III
5. TABLE OF CONTENTS V
6. CHAPTER 1. MERGING THE GEOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF MINERAL-INDUCED PULMONARY DISEASES 1
7. CHAPTER 2. ROCKS, MINERALS, AND A DUSTY WORLD 7
8. CHAPTER 3. MINERALOGY OF AMPHIBOLES AND 1:1 LAYER SILICATES 61
9. CHAPTER 4. MINERALOGY OF CLAY AND ZEOLITE DUSTS(EXCLUSIVE OF 1:1 LAYER SILICATES) 139
10. CHAPTER 5. STRUCTURE AND CHEMISTRY OF SILICA, METAL OXIDES, AND PHOSPHATES 185
11. CHAPTER 6. PREPARATION AND PURIFICATION OF MINERAL DUSTS 235
12. CHAPTER 7. MINERAL CHARACTERIZATION IN BIOLOGICAL STUDIES 251
13. CHAPTER 8. SURFACE CHEMISTRY, STRUCTURE, AND REACTIVITY OF HAZARDOUS MINERAL DUST 275
14. CHAPTER 9. LIMITATIONS OF THE STANTON HYPOTHESIS 309
15. CHAPTER 10. THE SURFACE THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF SILICATES AND THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS 327
16. CHAPTER 11. EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY OF ASBESTOS-RELATED DISEASES 347
17. CHAPTER 12. HEALTH EFFECTS OF MINERAL DUSTS OTHER THAN ASBESTOS 361
18. CHAPTER 13. ASBESTOS LUNG BURDEN AND DISEASE PATTERNS IN MAN 409
19. CHAPTER 14. DEFENSE MECHANISMS AGAINST INHALED PARTICLES AND ASSOCIATED PARTICLE-CELL INTERACTIONS 427
20. CHAPTER 15. IN VIVO ASSAYS TO EVALUATE THE PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF MINERALS IN RODENTS 471
21. CHAPTER 16. IN VITRO EVALUATION OF MINERAL CYTOTOXICITY AND INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY 489
22. CHAPTER 17. CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF DISEASE 513
23. CHAPTER 18. BIOLOGICAL STUDIES ON THE CARCINOGENIC MECHANISMS OF QUARTZ 523
24. CHAPTER 19. REGULATORY APPROACHES TO REDUCE HUMAN HEALTH RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH EXPOSURES TO MINERAL FIBERS 545
25. GLOSSARY 555
26. INDEX 577