Gibbs A R, Pooley F D
Department of Pathology and Environmental Lung Disease Research Group, Llandough Hospital NHS Trust, Penarth, South Glamorgan, UK.
Thorax. 1996 Mar;51(3):327-34. doi: 10.1136/thx.51.3.327.
Mineral analysis of tissue specimens has provided very useful information in pathological conditions associated with occupational exposures to mineral particles, particularly when combined with epidemiological information. Most of the data have been related to exposures to fibrous particles such as asbestos. More investigations of this nature are required in diseases associated with exposure to non-fibrous particles. In the future it is likely that these types of investigation will be extended into the effects of pollutants.
组织标本的矿物分析为与职业性接触矿物颗粒相关的病理状况提供了非常有用的信息,尤其是与流行病学信息相结合时。大多数数据都与接触纤维状颗粒(如石棉)有关。对于与接触非纤维状颗粒相关的疾病,需要进行更多此类性质的调查。未来,这类调查很可能会扩展到污染物的影响方面。