Retention of asbestos fibres in lungs of workers with asbestosis, asbestosis and lung cancer, and mesothelioma in Asbestos township

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 801-807

  Dufresne, A ^a   Begin R ^b   Masse S ^b   Dufresne, C M ^a   Loosereewanich, P ^a   Perrault, G ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c Direction des Communications   (Canada)

Author keywords

asbestos; fibre size; retention

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS FIBER; CHRYSOTILE;

ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

EID: 0030466702     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.53.12.801     Document Type: Article

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