The committee reviewed the scientific and technical quality of the roadmap document with a focus on proposed research to clarify the relationship between health effects and physiochemical properties of elongated mineral particles.
The objective of the workshop was to discuss future research directions and identify opportunities to strengthen the roadmap document.
The NIOSH Roadmap--Asbestos Fibers and Other Elongated Mineral Particles: State of the Science and Roadmap for Research--can be found at the following link
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docket/NIOSHdocket0099B.html