Asbestos body formation in the human lung: distinctions, by type and size.
From: Archives of Environmental Health
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Date: 1/1/1995
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Author: Hiraoka, Takesuke; Kitagawa, Masanobu; Murai, Yoshihiro
The fraction of fibers coated in a total of 3 800 asbestos fibers from 38 patients with disease related to asbestos (100 fibers per patient) was determined, according to asbestos fiber type and size parameters. Among the 3 800 fibers, 638 (16.8%) were coated and 3 162 were uncoated. All fibers were analyzed at 2 000x magnification (lower limit of detection: 2 [mu]m for length and 0.06 [mu]m for diameter). The diameter of the totally coated fibers (28.4% of total bodies; 181/638) was not ...
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