The association among ferruginous body, uncoated fibers, asbestos and non-asbestos fibers in lung tissue in terms of length

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  • SUZUKI Takayoshi
    Department of Health and Psychosocial Medicine, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, Japan Department of Legal Medicine, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, Japan
  • SAKAKIBARA Yoko
    Center for Health and Environment, Aichi University of Education, Japan
  • HISANAGA Naomi
    Aichi Gakusen University, Japan
  • SAKAI Kiyoshi
    Nagoya City Public Health Research Institute, Japan
  • YU Il-Je
    Institute of Nanoproduct Safety Research, Hoseo University, Republic of Korea
  • LIM Hyun-Sul
    Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Korea
  • MIKAMO Hiroshige
    Department of Infection Control and Prevention, Aichi Medical University Hospital, Japan
  • SENO Hiroshi
    Department of Legal Medicine, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, Japan
  • KOBAYASHI Fumio
    Department of Health and Psychosocial Medicine, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, Japan
  • SHIBATA Eiji
    Department of Health and Psychosocial Medicine, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, Japan

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<p>To demonstrate the correlations between the concentrations of ferruginous body as well as uncoated fiber both of which can be observed with phase-contrast microscope and the concentration of various inorganic fibers including asbestos which requires the observation with TEM or SEM, we measured those indices among Japanese and Korean cases. Though the concentration of ferruginous body in lung tissue is an important index of asbestos exposure, uncoated fibers observed with phase-contrast microscope might be another index especially in such cases with relatively low exposure due to their history of living in a general environment. However, to establish the reliability of uncoated fibers as an index of asbestos exposure, analysis with more cases and from various backgrounds must be carried out.</p>

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  • Industrial Health

    Industrial Health 54 (4), 370-376, 2016

    National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

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