Lung mineral fibers of former miners and millers from Thetford-Mines and Asbestos regions: A comparative study of fiber concentration and dimension

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 65-76

  Nayebzadeh, Ataollah ^a   Dufresne, Andre ^a   Case, Bruce ^a   Vali, Hojatolah ^a   Williams Jones, A E ^a   Martin, Robert ^a   Normand, Charles ^a   Clark, James ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Chrysotile; Fiber size; Lung burden; Tremolite

Indexed keywords

AMOSITE; ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE; CROCIDOLITE; MINERAL FIBER; TREMOLITE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOACCUMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG BURDEN; MINER; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASBESTOS, AMOSITE; ASBESTOS, AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOS, CROCIDOLITE; ASBESTOSIS; AUTOPSY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MINERAL FIBERS; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUEBEC; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

EID: 0035107495     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039890109604056     Document Type: Article

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