Inferences on the kinetics of asbestos deposition and clearance among chrysotile miners and millers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 401-412

  Finkelstein, Murray M ^a,b,d   Dufresne, Andre ^c  

^a Ontario Ministry of Labour   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asbestos fibers; Clearance; Deposition; Kinetics; Lung models

Indexed keywords

AMOSITE; ASBESTOS FIBER; CHRYSOTILE; CROCIDOLITE; TREMOLITE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASBESTOS BODY; AUTOPSY; CANADA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KINETICS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG DEPOSIT; MINER; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 0032996901     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199904)35:4<401::AID-AJIM12>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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