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Biological responses to asbestos inhalation and pathogenesis of asbestos-related benign and malignant disease

Eduardo Solbes, Richart W Harper
DOI: 10.1136/jim-2017-000628 Published 5 April 2018
Eduardo Solbes
Internal Medicine - Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, USA
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Internal Medicine - Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, USA
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    Chest imaging of patient demonstrating bilateral pleural plaques.

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    Electron micrograph highlighting the differences between the brittle, needle-like features of amphibole asbestos (crocidolite and amosite) versus the curly, interwoven serpentine asbestos (chrysotile) (downloaded from Google Images, original reference not available).

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    Proportion of asbestos-exposed individuals without mesothelioma at any given age stratified by presence or absence of pleural plaques (Pairon et al)53.

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Eduardo Solbes, Richart W Harper
Journal of Investigative Medicine Apr 2018, 66 (4) 721-727; DOI: 10.1136/jim-2017-000628

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