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Document ID (ISN)19575
CIS number 72-2764
ISSN - Serial title 0020-5923 - Internationales Archiv für Arbeitsmedizin - International Archives of Occupational Health
Year 1972
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Burilkov T., Michailova L.
Title Sepiolite content of the soil in regions where pleural calcification is endemic
Original title Über den Sepiolitgehalt des Bodens in Gebieten mit endemischen Pleuraverkalkungen [in German]
Bibliographic information 5 June 1972, Vol.29, No.2, p.95-101. Illus. 8 ref.
Abstract Report of tests on soil from the land farmed by a family in which 3 persons were found to have pleural plaques showing the presence of up to 5% sepiolite (an important variety of amphibole). The possible aetiological significance of this mineral in the occurrence of pleural plaques is discussed.
Descriptors (primary) asbestos; amphibole; agriculture; respirable dust; pleural calcification
Descriptors (secondary) Bulgaria; survey; morbidity
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Agriculture, fishing, animal husbandry
Broad subject area(s) Chemical safety
Browse category(ies) Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Asbestos
Agriculture