caa a22 4500 467987750 CHVBK 20180323112536.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19900601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02539032 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02539032 Is there a health hazard for building occupants of airborne mineral fibers exposure? [Elektronische Daten] [Jean Bignon, Guy Dufour, Marie-Annick Billon-Galland, Patrick Brochard] Summary: Asbestos containing material (ACM) inside buildings is an important concern for the health of their occupants. In France, for the assessment of airborne asbestos concentrations inside building, we use the indirect TEM measurement method constantly improved from 1978 on. By contrast, in the U.S.A. and UK the direct method is used. We have carried out a study in order to compare mass and numerical concentration fibres from the same samples, the tendency being now to express the results in fibre/litre. Concerning asbestos fibres released from man made mineral fibres (MMMF), optical microscope is used and results are expressed in numerical concentrations. Epidemiological studies of different occupational cohorts suggest that amphibole fibres present a greater health risk than chrysotile. Concerning indoor pollution by mineral wool, the health hazard seems negligible. The appraisal of this public health problem remains to be done. In France, a multidisciplinary study group has been created to provide advices related to corrective actions. Information on this public health problem is expected from the epidemiologic longitudinal survey, still in progress, of a cohort of workers, exposed to ACM in Paris university buildings. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990 asbestos nationallicence health hazard nationallicence indirect transmission electron microscopic method nationallicence indoor pollution nationallicence man made mineral fibres nationallicence Bignon Jean Unité Inserm 139, Hôpital Henri Mondor, F-94010, Creteil Cédex aut Dufour Guy Laboratoire d'Etude des Particules Inhalées, Dases, 44, Rue Charles Moureu, F-75013, Paris aut Billon-Galland Marie-Annick Laboratoire d'Etude des Particules Inhalées, Dases, 44, Rue Charles Moureu, F-75013, Paris aut Brochard Patrick Laboratoire d'Etude des Particules Inhalées, Dases, 44, Rue Charles Moureu, F-75013, Paris aut Aerobiologia Kluwer Academic Publishers 6/1(1990-06-01), 4-7 0393-5965 6:1<4 1990 6 10453 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02539032 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02539032 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bignon Jean Unité Inserm 139, Hôpital Henri Mondor, F-94010, Creteil Cédex aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dufour Guy Laboratoire d'Etude des Particules Inhalées, Dases, 44, Rue Charles Moureu, F-75013, Paris aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Billon-Galland Marie-Annick Laboratoire d'Etude des Particules Inhalées, Dases, 44, Rue Charles Moureu, F-75013, Paris aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Brochard Patrick Laboratoire d'Etude des Particules Inhalées, Dases, 44, Rue Charles Moureu, F-75013, Paris aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Aerobiologia Kluwer Academic Publishers 6/1(1990-06-01), 4-7 0393-5965 6:1<4 1990 6 10453 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer