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TALC DUST PNEUMOCONIOSIS
Author(s) -
BERNER A.,
GYLSETH B.,
LEVY F.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica section a pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0365-4184
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1981.tb00181.x
Subject(s) - pneumoconiosis , talc , microanalysis , pathology , pulmonary fibrosis , scanning electron microscope , electron probe microanalysis , lung , materials science , fibrosis , chemistry , mineralogy , medicine , metallurgy , composite material , organic chemistry
Various types of mineral dust can induce interstitial pulmonary fibrosis, but there is no definite correlation between lung X‐ray findings, tissue lesions and the type of dust. In this paper, we report on the post mortem verification of talcosis by lung tissue analysis, using light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive x‐ray microanalysis and x‐ray diffractometry.