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[Demonstration of artificial mineral fibers using bronchoalveolar lavage in animals]
B Wiesner1, H J Kullmann, B Jankowski
1Klinik für Lungenkrankheiten und Tuberkulose Zentralklinik für Herz- und Lungenkrankheiten Bad Berka, DDR.
Zeitschrift Fur Erkrankungen Der Atmungsorgane
|January 1, 1987
Abstract:
Inhalation of man-made mineral fibers (MMMF) was performed with mini-pigs and beagles to examine the value of bronchoalveolar lavage for the detection of these fibers in the lung. The preparation of the BAL-fluid without filtration lead to the detection of a plentiful quantity of MMMF. With our investigations we could verify that in the final product mineral-wool a great spectrum of different seized fibers down to particles reaching the alveoli is present.