Chapter 1. Introduction
A. F. Gualtieri
Chapter 2. The crystal structure of mineral fibres
P. Ballirano, A. Bloise, A. F. Gualtieri, M. Lezzerini, A. Pacella, N. Perchiazzi M. Dogan and A. U. Dogan
Chapter 3. Crystal habit of mineral fibres
E. Belluso, A. Cavallo and D. Halterman
Chapter 4. Bulk spectroscopy of mineral fibres
G. B. Andreozzi and S. Pollastri
Chapter 5. The analysis of asbestos minerals using vibrational spectroscopies (FTIR, Raman): Crystal-chemistry, identification and environmental applications
G. Della Ventura
Chapter 6. Surface and bulk properties of mineral fibres relevant to toxicity
F. Turci, M. Tomatis and A. Pacella
Chapter 7. Thermal behaviour of mineral fibres
A. Bloise, R. Kusiorowski, M. Lassinantti Gualtieri and A. F. Gualtieri
Chapter 8. In vitro biological activity and mechanisms of lung and pleural cancers induced by mineral fibres
B. T. Mossman and A. Pugnaloni
Chapter 9. In vivo biological activity of mineral fibres
S. Capella, E. Belluso, N. Bursi Gandolfi, E. Tibaldi, D. Mandrioli and F. Belpoggi
Chapter 10. Dissolution and biodurability of mineral fibres
M. Rozale´n, F. J. Huertas, A. Pacella and P. Ballirano
Chapter 11. Epidemiological approaches to health effects of mineral fibres: Development of knowledge and current practice
B. W. Case and A. Marinaccio
Chapter 12. Differential pathological response and pleural transport of mineral fibres
D. M. Bernstein and E. N. Pavlisko
Chapter 13. Biological activities of asbestos and other mineral fibres
M. Carbone and H. Yang
Chapter 14. Insights into mineral fibre-induced lung epithelial cell toxicity and pulmonary fibrosis
R. P. Jablonski, S.-J. Kim, P. Cheresh and D. W. Kamp
Chapter 15. Towards a general model for predicting the toxicity and pathogenicity of mineral fibres
A. F. Gualtieri, B. T. Mossman and V. L. Roggli