Exposure to brake dust and malignant mesothelioma: A study of 10 cases with mineral fiber analyses

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 325-330

  Butnor, Kelly J ^a   Sporn, Thomas A ^b   Roggli, Victor L ^b  

^a FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Auto repair; Brake dust; Chrysotile; Fiber analysis; Mechanic; Mesothelioma; Occupation; Peritoneum; Pleura

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; BRAKES; DUST; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FIBERS; PULMONARY DISEASES; TISSUE; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MECHANICS; REPAIR; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SERPENTINE; TUMORS;

MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA;

INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; BRAKES;

AMPHIBOLE; CHRYSOTILE; FORMALDEHYDE; MINERAL FIBER; PARAFFIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DUST EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATHOGENESIS; PERITONEUM; PLEURA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UNITED STATES; WORKER;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASBESTOS, AMPHIBOLE; AUTOMOBILES; DUST; HUMANS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MINERAL FIBERS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS;

AUTO REPAIR; BRAKE DUST; CHRYSOTILE; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATION; PERITONEUM; PLEURA;

EID: 0038510117     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meg048     Document Type: Article

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