title: Asbestos-related radiological changes in residents of South African amphibole asbestos mining fields and the fibre counts to which they may have been exposed.
abstract: Radiological abnormalities consistent with the results of inhalation of asbestos dust were found in nonoccupationally, environmentally exposed people on South African amphibole mining fields. Dust concentrations in the general atmosphere of the residential areas in the mining fields are reported.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001194:Asbestos / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004391:Dust; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008906:Mining; D010994:Pleura / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D012737:Sex Factors; D013019:South Africa
chemical_list: D004391:Dust; D001194:Asbestos