title: The association among ferruginous body, uncoated fibers, asbestos and non-asbestos fibers in lung tissue in terms of length.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health and Psychosocial Medicine, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Takayoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakakibara
authors.forename: Naomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hisanaga
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: Il-Je
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Hyun-Sul
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Hiroshige
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mikamo
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Seno
authors.forename: Fumio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shibata
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001194:Asbestos / Q000032:analysis*; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008168:Lung / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D008858:Microscopy, Phase-Contrast; D008875:Middle Aged; D019016:Mineral Fibers / Q000032:analysis*; D056910:Republic of Korea
chemical_list: D019016:Mineral Fibers; D001194:Asbestos