Environmental Hygiene III pp 223-226 | Cite as
In vitro correlates of the pathogenicity of a long fibre sample of amosite asbestos compared to a short fibre sample
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Abstract
At the Institute of Occupational Medicine we have utilised two samples of amosite asbestos to study the role of fibre length in pathobiological activity. As shown in Table 1 these two samples, which differ only in length, are very different in their ability to cause tumours, fibrosis, inflammation and immunosuppression in animals exposed in vivo.
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Tumour Necrosis Factor Alveolar Macrophage Fibre Length Occupational Medicine Alveolar Epithelial Cell
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