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Health risk of chrysotile revisited

This review provides a basis for substantiating both kinetically and pathologically the differences between chrysotile and amphibole asbestos. Chrysotile, which is rapidly attacked by the acid environment of the macrophage, falls apart in the lung into short fibers and particles, while the amphibole...

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Autores principales: Bernstein, David, Dunnigan, Jacques, Hesterberg, Thomas, Brown, Robert, Velasco, Juan Antonio Legaspi, Barrera, Raúl, Hoskins, John, Gibbs, Allen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Informa Healthcare USA, Inc 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3581056/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23346982
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10408444.2012.756454