Crocidolite dissolution in the presence of Fe chelators: implications for mineral-induced disease
Some asbestiform minerals may cause lung disease in humans such as asbestosis, mesothelioma, and lung cancer. Crocidolite, the asbestiform counterpart of the amphibole riebeckite, is particularly dangerous in cases of chronic exposure. Its pathogenic activity may result from the interaction of the f...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43613 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07102009-040306/ |