Exposure and mineralogical correlates of pulmonary fibrosis in chrysotile asbestos workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 549-559

  Green, Francis H Y ^a   Harley, Russell ^b   Vallyathan, Val ^c   Althouse, Rochelle ^c   Fick, Gordon ^a   Dement, John ^d   Mitha, Ravi ^e   Pooley, Fred ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Chrysotile; Lung fibre burden; Tremolite

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOTILE; TREMOLITE;

ASBESTOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FIBROSIS; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0030773196     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.54.8.549     Document Type: Review

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