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Science 30 April 1982:
Vol. 216. no. 4545, pp. 518 - 520
DOI: 10.1126/science.7071597
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Science, Vol 216, Issue 4545, 518-520
Copyright © 1982 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Endemic pleural disease associated with exposure to mixed fibrous dust in Turkey

AN Rohl, AM Langer, G Moncure, IJ Selikoff, and A Fischbein

Pleural mesothelioma, lung cancer, pleural calcification and fibrosis, and interstitial parenchymal fibrosis have been observed among inhabitants of several villages in south-central Turkey. Earlier reports have stated that environmental and lung tissue samples from this area contained the fibrous zeolite mineral erionite, and this mineral has generally been assumed to be the agent responsible for these endemic pathological conditions in the absence of asbestos outcroppings and usage. Several different kinds of asbestos minerals in addition to erionite have now been found in environmental samples taken from the villages where these diseases occur. The lung tissues of mesothelioma patients from these villages contain both fibrous zeolites and asbestos minerals.


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