Report of Investigations 8998: Fiber Dimensions of Crocidolites from Western Australia, Bolivia, and the Cape and Transvaal Provinces of South Africa

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• Journal Article:
  MISSING
• Personal Author:
  Shedd, Kim B.
• Description:
  The Bureau of Mines measured fiber dimensions on crocidolites (riebeckite-asbestos and magnesioriebeckite-asbestos) from the world's four crocidolite mining regions. The objective of the study was to determine whether there are measurable morphological differences between crocidolite fibers that correlate with the high reported incidence of mesothelioma in miners and mill employees in the Cape Province of South Africa and Western Australia, as compared with little or no reported incidence of this cancer in the transvaal province of South Africa or Bolivia. Fiber dimensions measured with the scanning transmission electron microscope showed that crocidolites from Western Australia and the Cape Province have more thin fibers than crocidolites from Bolivia and the transvaal province. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Source:
  MISSING :33 pages
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications   ; Mining Publications  
• Subseries:
  Report of Investigations
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Australia ; Bolivia ; South Africa
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  SRC - Spokane Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  38 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10004861
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1985
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e21aee1b1de62213b94667423ea03ecfb346c2649ddf13c3037c41b8b3ce38c56cd2eefaf1336e9acf791b5c54b4429e84759b8ce648cd70f41a298b61df8737
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/10488/cdc_10488_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.18 MB ]