par Moulin, Eric 
;Yourassowsky, Nadine ;Dumortier, Pascal ;De Vuyst, Paul ;Yernault, Jean Claude
Référence The European respiratory journal, 1, 9, page (818-822)
Publication Publié, 1988-10
;Yourassowsky, Nadine ;Dumortier, Pascal ;De Vuyst, Paul ;Yernault, Jean Claude Référence The European respiratory journal, 1, 9, page (818-822)
Publication Publié, 1988-10
Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | Typical ferruginous bodies considered as asbestos bodies (AB) were collected from the lungs of 19 asbestos-exposed and 25 non-exposed urban subjects. Of the 319 body cores analysed by energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS), 315 were asbestos. The non-asbestos cores were talc and crystalline silica. 89.2% of the asbestos cores were commercial amphiboles (amosite/crocidolite), 7% were chrysotile and 3.8% were non-commercial amphiboles (anthophyllite/tremolite). The commercial amphibole bodies were found in exposed and non-exposed subjects and chrysotile bodies mostly in exposed subjects. The non-commercial amphibole bodies were detected in non-exposed patients with low lung AB levels; this background contamination would be more difficult to detect in lungs containing large amounts of bodies due to occupational exposure. Chrysotile bodies and tremolite/anthophyllite bodies were not observed together. We suggest that in Belgium the source of non-commercial amphiboles exposure is not contamination by chrysotile. |
