Acknowledgments
The author has provided litigation support for companies who manufacture or use chrysotile asbestos containing products and has testified in asbestos litigation regarding potential health effects associated with job dust exposures. This article represents solely the author's work product and provided some material for a presentation at the 2005 American Industrial Hygiene Conference in Anaheim, CA. Also, the author expresses his appreciation for the editorial assistance of Maria Van Kerkhove, MS, and the technical comments and suggestions of William H. Bailey, PhD, during the preparation of the article.
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