The mineral fibers in lung tissue samples of 19 mesothelioma patients and 15 randomly selected autopsy cases were analyzed using low-temperature ashing, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and x-ray microanalysis. The fiber concentration ranged from 0.5 to 370 million fibers per gram of dry tissue in
Fiber concentration in lung tissue of patients with malignant mesothelioma a case—control study
✍ Scribed by Gunnar Mowé; Bjørn Gylseth; Flora Hartveit; Vidar Skaug
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 461 KB
- Volume
- 56
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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