The fate of chrysotile-induced multipolar mitosis and aneuploid population in cultured lung cancer cells.

Chrysotile is one of the six types of asbestos, and it is the only one that can still be commercialized in many countries. Exposure to other types of asbestos has been associated with serious diseases, such as lung carcinomas and pleural mesotheliomas. The association of chrysotile exposure with dis...

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Main Authors: Beatriz de Araujo Cortez, Gonzalo Quassollo, Alfredo Caceres, Glaucia Maria Machado-Santelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3071733?pdf=render