Quantitative counts of ferruginous bodies were performed on digests of lungs from 100 control and 30 lung cancer patients. It was found that the lung cancer group had significantly higher levels, although only 1 patient was known to be occupationally exposed to asbestos. It is suggested that even ex
Roentgenographic evidence of asbestos exposure in a select population of railroad workers
β Scribed by Dr. Martin-Jose Sepulveda; Dr PH James A. Merchant
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 527 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0271-3586
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