Quantification of short and long asbestos fibers to assess asbestos exposure: A review of fiber size toxicity

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Boulanger, Guillaume ^a   Andujar, Pascal ^b,c,d   Pairon, Jean Claude ^b,c,d   Billon Galland, Marie Annick ^e   Dion, Chantal ^f,g   Dumortier, Pascal ^h   Brochard, Patrick ⁱ   Sobaszek, Annie ^j,k   Bartsch, Pierre ^l   Paris, Christophe ^m,n   Jaurand, Marie Claude ^o,p  

^a FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

^b INSERM U955   (France)

^c FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE   (France)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL DE CRÉTEIL   (France)

^e Laboratoire d'Etude des Particules Inhalées de Paris ^*  (France)

^f INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE ROBERT SAUVÉ EN SANTÉ ET EN SÉCURITÉ DU TRAVAIL   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^h ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^j UNIV LILLE   (France)

^k LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^m UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

ⁿ INSERM   (France)

^o UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^p Université Paris 13   (France)

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Author keywords

Air pollution; Asbestos; Environmental exposure; Fiber; Occupational exposure; Particle size; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; ASBESTOS;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; ASBESTOS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 84904445942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-13-59     Document Type: Review

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