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Professional exposure to basaltic rock dust: assessment by the Vibrio fischeri ecotoxicological test

BACKGROUND: A recent study demonstrates that inhalation of airborne particulate from Mount Etna eruptions may induce fibrotic lung disease. The occupational exposure of construction workers from the Etna area, who excavate building sites and use basalt dust to make mortar, has never been assessed. M...

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Autores principales: Ledda, Caterina, Rapisarda, Venerando, Bracci, Massimo, Proietti, Lidia, Zuccarello, Matteo, Fallico, Roberto, Fiore, Maria, Ferrante, Margherita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3766014/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24128058
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6673-8-23