Measurement of asbestos fibre concentrations in fluid of repeated bro-choalveolar lavages of exposed workers

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 495-500

  Sartorelli, P ^a   Romeo, R ^a   Scancarello, G ^b   Montomoli, L ^a   Muzzupappa, C ^a   Barabesi, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UF Occupational Hygiene and Toxicology AUSL N 7   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Bronchoalveolar lavage; Mineralogical analysis; Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

Indexed keywords

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PATIENT TREATMENT; RELIABILITY THEORY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ASBESTOS; DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; FIBERS; MINERALOGY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SERPENTINE;

BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS;

ASBESTOS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOS FIBER; CHRYSOTILE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MINERALOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; ASBESTOS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MINERAL FIBERS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

ASBESTOS EXPOSURE; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; DIFFERENT CLASS; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FIBRE CONCENTRATIONS; MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548426464     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mem014     Document Type: Article

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