Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 1965 · 60 citations · 20 references
MedicinePathobiologyPathologyEnvironmental ToxicologyIndustrial ToxicologyOccupational ToxicologyLung CancerMalignant NeoplasmsOccupational CarcinogenesisOccupational Lung DiseasePleural MalignanciesPleural TumorsAsbestos-induced Lung DiseaseAsbestos-related DiseaseAsbestosisCancer Mortality PatternsLung Cancer MortalityLung Cancer RiskOccupational Lung CancerSilica-related Carcinogenesis
The mode of action of asbestos in producing asbestosis and neoplasia is a t present little understood. Pulmonary fibrosis, the main feature of asbestosis, has been ascribed to mechanical or chemical factors, or to a combination of both; the mechanism of carcinogenic action is almost completely unknown.
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