3 results for “Reaction Department”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1987
Evaluation of the K2 asbestos screening test kit
…The kit, marketed as a field test, uses colour reactions to detect magnesium and iron, elements in asbestos minerals. It was tried on 30 building samples previously examined by optical microscopy and on 12 calibration preparations…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1981
The biological effects of mineral fibres
…In the studies reviewed, glass fibres injected into animals' body cavities produced mesotheliomas, while inhaled glass fibre produced little tissue reaction. Studies of glass fibre workers had so far been negative. The review also described reports…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1994
The human evidence: parenchymal and pleural changes
Asbestos inhalation can cause fibrotic reactions both in the lung parenchyma and in the pleura. The incidence and relative proportions of these lesions in any cohort will be dependent on: (1) the time factor: both asbestosis…