Figure 1. Scanning electron micrograph of Nuclepore filter preparation
of lung tissue from an asbestos insulator with malignant pleural
mesothelioma and asbestosis. Numerous asbestos bodies and uncoated
asbestos fibers are visible. Reprinted from Reference 5, with
permission.
Figure 2. Energy dispersive x-ray spectra of four different amphibole asbestos fibers. (A, upper left) Amosite. (B, upper right) Crocidolite. (C, lower left) Anthophyllite. (D, lower right) Tremolite. Reprinted from Roggli VL, Pratt PC, Brody AR: Asbestos content of lung tissue in asbestos-associated diseases: A study of 110 cases. Br J Ind Med 43: 18, 1986, with permission.
