Asbestos and fire : technological tradeoffs and the body at risk - Maines, Rachel, 1950- (New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2005)
The asbestos technology decision environment -- Asbestos before 1880: from natural wonder to industrial material -- The rise of the asbestos curtain -- Mass destruction by fire: asbestos in World War II -- Schools, homes, and workplaces: fire prevention in the postwar built environment -- The asbestos tort conflagration.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
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Keywords: Asbestos; Fireproofing; Risk assessment; Asbestos; Contraindications; Asbestos -- history; Fires -- prevention & control; Risk Assessment; Amiante; Ignifugation; Évaluation du risque; asbestos; fireproofing; risk assessment; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Pollution Control; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- History; Risk assessment; Asbestos; Fireproofing