Elemental modifications and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolism in human fibroblasts

@article{Hart1980ElementalMA,
  title={Elemental modifications and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolism in human fibroblasts},
  author={Ronald Wilson Hart and F. Bernard Daniel and O R Kindig and Cynthia A. Beach and Laurie B. Joseph and Robert C Wells},
  journal={Environmental Health Perspectives},
  year={1980},
  volume={34},
  pages={59 - 68}
}
Mineral fibers and particulates represent one of the best documented, economically important, and ubiquitously occurring categories of human carcinogens. Yet, while a wealth of information exists concerning the mechanism of action of physical, chemical, and viral carcinogens, virtually nothing is known relative to the mechanism of action of this economically important class of carcinogenic compounds known as mineral fibers and particulates. While the length and diameter of various forms of… 
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