Mineral Dusts and Health

In this book Mineral Dusts and Health inorganic and organic dusts and their effects on human health are mentioned and the book is composed of 8 parts. The book are mesothelioma and fibrous crystalline asbestos which cause of asbestosis acicular crystalline erionite pneumoconiosis of the coal worker caused by coal dust and pneumoconiosis caused by crystal quartz dust pumice perlite mica vermiculite kaolin sepiolite diatomaceous earth talc disten pyrophyllite wollastonite mainly metals such as iron aluminum manganese nickel antimony molybdenum vanadium tungsten tin bismuth lithium zinc cobalt chromium titanium zirconium tantalum tellurium beryl barite arsenic cadmium mercury lead dusts dust storms organic materials such as cotton flax sugar cane moldy fungi. The subjects mentioned in the book include examples from Turkey. Environmental asbestos and erionite mineral dusts which constitute a particularly important public health problem in Turkey have been extensively explained in the book. Much of the topics covered in the book are based on author''s field research and laboratory data and publications.