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Talc and amosite/crocidolite preferentially deposited in the lungs of nonoccupational female lung cancer cases in urban areas of Japan.
To analyze the correlation between asbestos lung burden and lung cancer, lungs of 211 female cases with and without lung cancer were examined. Phase-contrast microscopic (PCM) counting of ferruginous (FBs) and uncoated fibers (UFs), which had length longer than 5 microns and aspect ratios greater th...
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| Formato: | Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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1997
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1469866/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9222135 |