A technical comparison of evaluating asbestos concentration by phase-contrast microscopy (PCM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and analytical transmission electron microscopy (ATEM) as illustrated from data generated from a case report

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 723-732

  Dodson, Ronald F ^a   Hammar, Samuel P ^b   Poye, Lee W ^c  

^a Dodson Environmental Consulting Inc   (United States)

^b Diagnostic Specialties Laboratory Inc   (United States)

^c J3 Resources Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE; PARAFFIN; TREMOLITE;

ADULT; AIR; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; GRINDING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; OCCUPATION; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASBESTOS, AMOSITE; ASBESTOS, SERPENTINE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 45849084291     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370701883250     Document Type: Article

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