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Toxicology of Industrial Compounds

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106 CARCINOGENIC POTENTIAL OF MAN-MADE VITREOUS FIBERS<br />

Figure 7.2 (continued over) Lung burdens <strong>of</strong> (a) WHO fibers, (b) fibers >10 µm in<br />

length, and (c) fibers >20 µm in length per mg dry lung tissue from the lungs <strong>of</strong> rats<br />

continuously exposed to 30 mg m −3 <strong>of</strong> the five different MMVFs. Rats were killed<br />

at least 24 h after the exposure was stopped, the right accessory lobe was frozen<br />

and later low temperature ashed for fiber recovery.<br />

<strong>Industrial</strong> hygiene studies<br />

RCF<br />

<strong>Industrial</strong> hygiene monitoring data obtained on a regular basis at locations

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