Interobserver variability in analysis of asbestos fibres and asbestos bodies in human lung tissue

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 151-159

  Roberts, F ^a,c   Mackinnon, J L ^a   Cherrie, L ^a   Burnett, R A ^a   Harper, C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS FIBER; ASBESTOS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG PARENCHYMA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLING; SCREENING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ASBESTOSIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; LUNG; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY;

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; HUMANS; LUNG; OBSERVER VARIATION;

EID: 2942691842     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.44.2.151     Document Type: Article

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