“Many studies have shown that the combination of smoking and asbestos exposure is particularly hazardous. Smokers who are also exposed to asbestos have a risk of developing lung cancer that is greater than the individual risks from asbestos and smoking added together.” –American Cancer Society Wh...
Asbestos exposure, asbestosis and lung cancerELSEVIERLung Cancer
解析:根据题干中的exposure to asbestos fibers定位到第1段倒数第2句。由该句可知,报告认为,接触极少量的石棉纤维就足以引发癌症、石棉沉着病等。由此可见,本题选C。A、B均无原文依据且都使用了绝对化的限定词only,过于绝对的选项通常不是答案,故可排除。D是减少灰尘形成的方法,不符题意,也排除。 知识模块:阅...
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Exposure to asbestos fibers can cause cancer ___. A.only when asbestos is used in building industryB.only when it is used in large quantitiesC.even if it is used in small quantitiesD.if they are used when wet rather than dry 答案 C细节题 根据第二段第二句至第三句可知:接受相对来说数...
Asbestos exposure linked to digestive cancerdoi:10.1038/NRGASTRO.2009.156Rachel JonesNature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
The study was designed to test the hypothesis that the risk of lung cancer from asbestos exposure is confined to persons with radiographic evidence of pulmonary fibrosis. Occupational and smoking histories were obtained from 271 patients with a confirmed diagnosis of primary lung cancer and 678 refere...
解析 C 第二段第二、三句指出,几方面的研究都表明:直接接触并吸收少量的石棉绒(asbestos fibers)也会导致癌症、石棉沉着病或其他相关病症。D不正确。为了减少其危险性,应该设法不让石棉绒进入空气,使用水浸过的石棉就可以减少工作环境中石棉绒的含量(见第四段第三句)。可见,D表达的内容与原文正好相反。反馈...
1.A disease in which cells of a body part become abnormal and multiply without limit. Without treatment, the cells of some cancers may spread to and damage other tissues of the body. 2.A tumor, especially a malignant one. Did You Know?The wordcancerrefers to any of a number of illnesse...
Non-cancerous (benign) diseases may also result from asbestos exposure. Benignasbestos diseasesare still hazardous to an individual’s health. In some cases, those with non-cancerous asbestos diseases also develop cancer. Asbestosis Asbestosis involves the scarring of the lung tissue due to asbest...