Quantitative analysis of asbestos burden in women with mesothelioma

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 188-195

  Dodson, Ronald F ^a   O'Sullivan, Michael ^a   Brooks, Dwaina R ^a   Hammar, Samuel P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b Diagnostic Specialties Laboratory Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Electron microscopy; Female; Mesothelioma

Indexed keywords

AMOSITE; ASBESTOS FIBER; TREMOLITE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASBESTOS, AMOSITE; ASBESTOS, AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOS, CROCIDOLITE; ASBESTOSIS; BODY BURDEN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MESOTHELIOMA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MINERAL FIBERS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0037315057     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10164     Document Type: Article

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