Publication Date:
1982-04-30
Description:
Pleural mesothelioma, lung cancer, pleural calcification and fibrosis, and interstitial parenchymal fibrosis have been observed among inhabitants of several villages in south-central Turkey. Earlier reports have stated that environmental and lung tissue samples from this area contained the fibrous zeolite mineral erionite, and this mineral has generally been assumed to be the agent responsible for these endemic pathological conditions in the absence of asbestos outcroppings and usage. Several different kinds of asbestos minerals in addition to erionite have now been found in environmental samples taken from the villages where these diseases occur. The lung tissues of mesothelioma patients from these villages contain both fibrous zeolites and asbestos minerals.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Rohl, A N -- Langer, A M -- Moncure, G -- Selikoff, I J -- Fischbein, A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1982 Apr 30;216(4545):518-20.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7071597" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Dust
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Environmental Exposure
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Humans
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Lung Diseases/*chemically induced
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Lung Neoplasms/*chemically induced/epidemiology
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Mesothelioma/*chemically induced/epidemiology
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Turkey
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
