The sensitivity of lavage analysis by light and analytical electron microscopy in correlating the types of asbestos from a known exposure setting

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 461-471

  Dodson, Ronald F ^a   O'Sullivan, Michael ^a   Brooks, Dwaina ^a   Levin, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE; CROCIDOLITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CEMENT INDUSTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG LAVAGE; MATERIAL COATING; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIDEROSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; ASBESTOS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0038242144     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370304466     Document Type: Article

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