AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A MAJORITY OF FERRUGINOUS BODIES FORMED ON CHRYSOTILE CORES

Authors
LEVIN JL OSULLIVAN MF CORN CJ DODSON RF
Citation
Jl. Levin et al., AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A MAJORITY OF FERRUGINOUS BODIES FORMED ON CHRYSOTILE CORES, Archives of environmental health, 50(6), 1995, pp. 462-465
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath","Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Archives of environmental health → ACNP
ISSN journal
00039896
Volume
50
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
462 - 465
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9896(1995)50:6<462:AIWAMO>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
A 59-y-old man was exposed to chrysotile asbestos while rebuilding clu tches. Analytical electron microscopy showed a chrysotile core in 72% of the ferruginous bodies from lung tissue. Long, uncoated chrysotile fibers were also present. Sufficient exposure to long chrysotile in jo bs such as this appears to allow the majority of ferruginous bodies to be formed on chrysotile, an exception to the rule that most ferrugino us bodies form on amphibole cores.