An assessment of asbestos body formation in extrapulmonary sites: Liver and spleen

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-6

  Williams, Marion Glenn ^a   Dodson, Ronald F ^a   Dickson, Eric W ^b   Fraire, Armando E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

asbestos; asbestos bodies; electron microscopy; extrapulmonary site

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASBESTOS BODY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GUINEA PIG; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; ASBESTOS, AMOSITE; ASBESTOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FERRITINS; FOREIGN BODIES; GUINEA PIGS; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MINERAL FIBERS; SPLEEN;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 18044393675     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0748233701th090oa     Document Type: Article

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