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Asbestos
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Asbestos [Chemical/Ingredient]
, asbestos fiber
, asbestos fibers
A group of minerals that take the form of tiny fibers. Asbestos has been used as insulation against heat and fire in buildings. Loose asbestos fibers…
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Air Pollution, Indoor
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2015
2015
Enhanced release of a chemoattractant for alveolar macrophages after asbestos inhalation.
E. Kagan
,
Y. Oghiso
,
D. Hartmann
American Review of Respiratory Disease
2015
Corpus ID: 2889122
Alveolar macrophage supernatants from 2 groups of asbestos-exposed rats and a group of sham-exposed rats were tested for…
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1984
1984
Enhanced alveolar macrophage Ia antigen expression after asbestos inhalation.
D. Hartmann
,
M. Georgian
,
E. Kagan
Journal of Immunology
1984
Corpus ID: 36863274
Asbestos is a disease characterized by pleural and interstitial pulmonary fibrosis resulting from the inhalation of asbestos dust…
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1982
1982
In vitro effect of asbestos fibers on polymorphonuclear leukocyte function.
N. J. Doll
,
R. Stankus
,
S. Goldbach
,
J. Salvaggio
International Archives of Allergy and Applied…
1982
Corpus ID: 40145300
Incubation of chrysotile and amphibole asbestos fibers with normal human peripheral blood polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN…
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1975
1975
Effect of asbestos on lipid peroxidation in the red cells.
S. Gabor
,
Z. Anca
British Journal of Industrial Medicine
1975
Corpus ID: 7181764
In vitro exposure of red cells to vie International Union against Cancer (UICC) standard reference asbestos samples resulted in…
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Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Relation of cigarette smoking to risk of death of asbestos-associated disease among insulation workers in the United States
E. Hammond
,
I. Selikoff
1972
Corpus ID: 58807078
Clinical studies are reported indicating that cigarette smoking greatly increases the risk of death by lung cancer among asbestos…
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1971
1971
Chrysotile Asbestos in Urban Air
A. L. Rickards
,
D. Badami
Nature
1971
Corpus ID: 4193994
THE industrial use of chrysotile asbestos is increasing and the question of whether its concentration in urban air constitutes a…
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1969
Highly Cited
1969
A study of the mortality of workers in an asbestos factory
M. Newhouse
British Journal of Industrial Medicine
1969
Corpus ID: 14441585
Newhouse, M. L. (1969).Brit. J. industr. Med.,26, 294-301. A study of the mortality of workers in an asbestos factory. A cohort…
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1966
1966
The incidence of asbestos bodies in the lungs at random necropsies in Montreal.
L. Anjilvel
,
W. Thurlbeck
Canadian Medical Association journal
1966
Corpus ID: 21386555
The incidence of asbestos bodies in the lungs of adult patients selected at random, who died in four Montreal hospitals, was…
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Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
ASBESTOS BODIES IN HUMAN LUNGS AT AUTOPSY.
D. Cauna
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R. Totten
,
P. Gross
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA…
1965
Corpus ID: 6120254
The incidence of asbestos bodies in the lungs was investigated in 100 autopsies of adults. Lung smears were taken from the…
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1965
1965
BENIGN ASBESTOS PLEURISY.
H. B. Eisenstadt
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA…
1965
Corpus ID: 28895775
THE classical picture of asbestosis has been divided into several stages. 1 At first, there is a latent period of ten or more…
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