Review: The fiber width of Coalinga chrysotile: Reduced respirability due to its thick nature in an aerosol and its "ultra-thin" nature in aqueous solution (in vivo)

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-41

  Ilgren, E ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalinga chrysotile; Respirability; Short fiber; Toxicity; Width

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE;

BREATHING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FIBER; HEALTH HAZARD; LUNG; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 38849207619     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X07086428     Document Type: Review

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