Deposition and clearance of chrysotile asbestos

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 625-633

  Churg, Andrew ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; DEPOSITION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PULMONARY DISEASES; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

ASBESTOS EXPOSURE; CHRYSOTILE ASBESTOS; FIBRE RETENTION; MESOTHELIOMA; TREMOLITE COMPONENT;

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS;

AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE; TREMOLITE;

ASBESTOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DUST EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG DEPOSIT; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMAL; ASBESTOS, AMOSITE; ASBESTOS, AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOS, CROCIDOLITE; ASBESTOS, SERPENTINE; ASBESTOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GUINEA PIGS; HUMAN; LUNG; MESOTHELIOMA; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0028483125     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/38.4.625     Document Type: Article

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