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What does minor exposure to asbestos mean?
2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in
Dr. Keegan Duchicelaanswered
family medicine 16 years experience
No good definition.: There's no quantifiable definition for a "minor exposure" to asbestos. I'd take it to mean contact with clothing, hair or skin of another person that has come into contact with asbestos. Traditionally, the spouses and children of those who've had asbestos exposure and contact through their clothes, we say have had minor (but still significant) exposure.
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Dr. Donald Colantinoanswered
Internal Medicine 63 years experience
Exposure: It means exposure to a small amount of asbestos, but doesn't necessarily mean asbestosis is present in the body.
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Last updated Nov 19, 2018
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