Health effects of asbestos and nonasbestos fibers

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 108, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2000, Pages 665-674

  Osinubi, O Y O ^a   Gochfeld, M ^a   Kipen, H M ^a  

^a EOHSI   (United States)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Asbestosis; Chrysotile; Man made mineral fibers; Man made vitreous fibers; Mesothelioma; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOS FIBER; CARCINOGEN; CHRYSOTILE; DNA; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; ASTHMA; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; EMPHYSEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FIBROBLAST; LUNG FIBROSIS; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA PLAQUE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033835506     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.00108s4665     Document Type: Article

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