Relationships between ferruginous bodies and uncoated asbestos fibers in lung tissue

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 462-466

  Dodson, Ronald F ^a   O'Sullivan, Michael ^a   Corn, Carolyn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOS FIBER; CHRYSOTILE; CROCIDOLITE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG FIBROSIS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL CARCINOGENESIS; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030472164     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039896.1996.9936047     Document Type: Article

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