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7882947

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-4-13
pubmed:abstractText
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. The study investigated the fiber levels against the lung pathology including amount of interstitial fibrosis and numbers of ferruginous bodies. The degree of interstitial fibrosis and number of asbestos bodies were graded and the tissues were analyzed by transmission electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray analysis and the fibers counted and typed. The 48 cases included 5 mesotheliomas and 14 lung cancers. The mineral analysis results were dominated by the amosite fiber levels. The amounts of chrysotile were relatively small. There were higher levels in lung cancer cases than mesotheliomas and higher levels in mesothelioma cases than those who had died from nonasbestos related diseases. Analysis of the lung tissues showed a consistent pattern of high amosite levels, which confirms the impression that amosite was the predominant form of asbestos used and also indicates that the factory had been a very dusty one.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0091-6765
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
102 Suppl 5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
261-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Fiber levels and disease in workers from a factory predominantly using amosite.
pubmed:affiliation
Environmental Lung Disease Research Group, Llandough Hospital, Penarth, South Wales, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article