Estimates of historical exposures by phase contrast and transmission electron microscopy in North Carolina USA asbestos textile plants

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 574-583

  Dement, John M ^a   Myers, D ^a   Loomis, D ^b   Richardson, D ^c   Wolf, S ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS FIBER;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; DUST; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG CANCER; MEMBRANE FILTER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASBESTOS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MINERAL FIBERS; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 69949103711     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.040410     Document Type: Article

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