A form of pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of asbestos fibers which elicit potent inflammatory responses in the parenchyma of the lung. The disease is characterized by interstitial fibrosis of the lung, varying from scattered sites to extensive scarring of the alveolar interstitium.
    

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Fighting asbestos at work & at home / Labour Research Department.

Asbestos : medical guidance note / Health and Safety Executive.

The BBA Group Industrial Health Unit 1959-1969 / Ross Hunt.

Irving Selikoff.

Atti del Convegno di studi sulla patologia da asbesto : Torino, giugno 1968.

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Fighting asbestos at work & at home / Labour Research Department.

Asbestos : medical guidance note / Health and Safety Executive.

The BBA Group Industrial Health Unit 1959-1969 / Ross Hunt.

Irving Selikoff.

Atti del Convegno di studi sulla patologia da asbesto : Torino, giugno 1968.