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January 1, 2025
Environmental and/or occupational mineral fiber inhalation can result in significant pulmonary disease (pneumoconiosis). Asbestosis, or parenchymal lung disease due to asbestos fiber inhalation, results from significant fiber burden related to both the int ...
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January 1, 2025
Cytology specimens have shown utility for the diagnosis of asbestos-associated diseases in the clinical setting and for detection of asbestos bodies in the occupational setting. Effusion cytology specimens are of particular clinical importance as effusions ...
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January 1, 2014
Mesothelioma, literally “tumor of the mesothelium,” is a term often used synonymously with malignant (diffuse) mesothelioma, the malignant neoplasm arising from the serosal linings of the pleural, pericardial, or peritoneal cavities. These major body cavit ...
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January 1, 2014
The term pneumoconiosis dates to Zenker’s 1866 description of pulmonary disease processes related to the inhalation of dusts [1]. As some dust, including asbestos fibers, may be found in the lungs of virtually all adults from the general population, pneumo ...
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January 1, 2014
Asbestos is the generic term typically used for six naturally occurring fibrous silicates that are or have been exploited commercially: the serpentine chrysotile and the amphiboles amosite, crocidolite, anthophyllite, tremolite, and actinolite [1]. ...
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January 1, 2014
Minerals are naturally occurring inorganic compounds of specific chemical composition and crystal structure. Their nomenclature typically stems as an honorific, to indicate a pertinent geographic area or to highlight a distinctive characteristic of the com ...
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July 1, 2013
Subsequent to its identification as an inadvertent contaminant of early poliovirus vaccines and in view of its potential to induce a number of tumors in animal models, simian virus 40 (SV40) has become among the most studied animal viruses. Studies of SV40 ...
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January 1, 2012
Introduction Occupational lung disease is the most significant form of work-related illness in the United States in terms of its severity, frequency and cost to society. The US Department of Labor reported the occurrence of some 4.1 million workplace injur ...
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January 1, 2008
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