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The role of clearance and dissolution in determining the durability or biopersistence of mineral fibers.
It is generally accepted that to cause pulmonary disease, mineral fibers must be relatively long and thin but also able to remain in the lung for long periods. This "biopersistence" of fibers is limited by two main mechanisms of fiber clearance: removal by macrophages after phagocytosis an...
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1994
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1567297/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7882914 |