Stability of ferruginous bodies in human lung tissue following death, embalmment, and burial

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 789-795

  Dodson, Ronald F ^a,c   Atkinson, Mark A L ^b   O'Sullivan, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c ERI Consulting Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS FIBER; IRON DERIVATIVE; IRON PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASBESTOS BODY; DEATH; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; BURIAL; DEATH; EMBALMING; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MINERAL FIBERS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PULMONARY FIBROSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 27944487056     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370500240199     Document Type: Article

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