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Single oral administration of chrysotile asbestos to monkeys resulted 9 days later in the stimulation of DNA synthesis in the pancreas as evidenced by increased incorporation of tritiated thymidine.
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Environmental Health Programs, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106. This work was supported by grants from the Cleveland and Rockefeller Foundations.
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Epstein, S.S., Varnes, M. The short-term effects of ingested chrysotile asbestos DNA synthesis in the pancreas and other organs of a primate. Experientia 32, 602–604 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01990187
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