Talc and amosite/crocidolite preferentially deposited in the lungs of nonoccupational female lung cancer cases in urban areas of Japan

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 504-508

  Yamada, Hiroyuki ^a   Hashimoto, Hisako ^a   Akiyama, Masako ^a   Kawabata, Yoshinori ^a   Iwai, Kazuro ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TUBERCULOSIS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Female; Ferruginous bodies; Fibrous talc; Lung cancer; Mineral fibers; Nonoccupational exposure

Indexed keywords

AMOSITE; ASBESTOS FIBER; CROCIDOLITE; KAOLIN; MINERAL FIBER; SILICON DIOXIDE; TALC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

MICA;

EID: 0030839542     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.97105504     Document Type: Article

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