Malignant mesothelioma in a patient with anthophyllite asbestos fibres in the lungs

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 412-416

  Phillips, James Ian ^a,b   Murray, Jill ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anthophyllite; Asbestos; Lung fibre burden; Mesothelioma; Plastic; South Africa

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE ASBESTOS; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTHOPHYLLITE; ASBESTOS-RELATED DISEASE; DRY WEIGHT; LUNG FIBRE BURDEN; LUNG TISSUE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

ASPECT RATIO; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; FIBERS; MACHINERY; PLASTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATE MINERALS; TUMORS;

ASBESTOS;

AMPHIBOLE; ANTHOPHYLLITE; MINERAL FIBER; PLASTIC; TALC;

AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; FATALITY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA TUMOR; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGED; ANIMALS; ASBESTOS, AMPHIBOLE; AUTOPSY; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MINERAL FIBERS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLASTICS; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; SOUTH AFRICA; TALC;

EID: 77952997835     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meq034     Document Type: Article

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