Fiber levels and disease in workers from a factory predominantly using amosite.

The Cape Boards Plant at Uxbridge produced insulation board containing amosite asbestos between 1947 and 1973 with only small amounts of chrysotile. After 1973 only amosite was used. In this study we examined lung samples from 48 workers who had been employed at the plant and who had come to autopsy...

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Main Authors: Gibbs, A R, Gardner, M J, Pooley, F D, Griffiths, D M, Blight, B, Wagner, J C
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: 1994
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1567264/