This text looks at mineral fibers, their occurrence, production, properties and their uses. The part of this book covering pathogensis and modes of action begins with a chapter on the physicochemical properties of asbestos fibers and a chapter on the deposition and retention of fibers within the lung and their clearance.

F.D.K. Liddell (McGill University) (Author) , Klara Miller (University of New Mexico, Albuquerque) (Author)