Tissue burden of asbestos in nonoccupationally exposed individuals from east texas

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 281-286

  Dodson, Ronald F ^a   Williams, Marion G ^a   Huang, Ju ^a   Bruce, James R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b Lufkin Pathology Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Electron microscopy; General population

Indexed keywords

AMOSITE; ANTHOPHYLLITE; ASBESTOS FIBER; CHRYSOTILE; CROCIDOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASBESTOS BODY; ASBESTOSIS; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS, SERPENTINE; BODY BURDEN; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINERAL FIBERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RURAL HEALTH; TEXAS;

EID: 0032959692     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199903)35:3<281::AID-AJIM8>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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