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Interaction of asbestos with metaplastic squamous epithelium developing in organ cultures of hamster trachea.

The normal mucociliary epithelium of the respiratory tract in chronic cigarette smokers often is replaced focally by a metaplastic squamous epithelium. Because asbestos workers who smoke have a substantially greater risk of bronchogenic carcinoma than nonsmokers, we hypothesized that interaction of...

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Autores principales: Woodworth, C D, Mossman, B T, Craighead, J E
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 1983
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1569289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6315370