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Chrysotile

Known as: Chrysotile Asbestos, White Asbestos 
A naturally occurring, fibrous and silky, serpentine asbestos mineral with a color ranging from gray-white to yellow-green and is the most abundant… 
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Review
2013
Review
2013
Health risk of chrysotile revisited
Abstract This review provides a basis for substantiating both kinetically and pathologically the differences between chrysotile… 
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
ASBESTOS (CHRYSOTILE, AMOSITE, CROCIDOLITE, TREMOLITE, ACTINOLITE, AND ANTHOPHYLLITE)
  • 2012
  • Corpus ID: 40713898
Asbestos is the generic commercial designation for a group of naturally occurring mineral silicate fibres of the serpentine and… 
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Reaction path modeling of enhanced in situ CO2 mineralization for carbon sequestration in the peridotite of the Samail Ophiolite, Sultanate of Oman
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
CHARACTERIZATION OF CHRYSOTILE, ANTIGORITE AND LIZARDITE BY FT-RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY
We analyzed samples of antigorite, lizardite and fibrous chrysotile, three representative minerals of the serpentine group, to… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Serial Review : Role of Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species ( ROS / RNS ) in Lung Injury and Diseases
Exposure to asbestos causes cellular damage, leading to asbestosis, bronchogenic carcinoma, and mesothelioma in humans. The… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Cytotoxicity of long and short crocidolite asbestos fibers in vitro and in vivo.
Fiber length and diameter are important factors in the pathogenicity of asbestos. We examined the relative toxicity of long and… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Asbestos catalyzes hydroxyl and superoxide radical generation from hydrogen peroxide.
Review
1980
Review
1980
Dust exposure and mortality in chrysotile mining, 1910-75.
We report a further follow-up of a birth cohort of 11 379 workers exposed to chrysotile. The cohort consisted of 10 939 men and… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
The Effects of the Inhalation of Asbestos in Rats
Two experiments in which SPF Wistar rats were exposed by inhalation to dust clouds of the UICC standard reference samples for… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Hemolysis by asbestos.
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