THE RECOVERY OF DUST FROM FORMALIN-FIXED PNEUMOCONIOTIC LUNGS: A COMPARISON OF THE METHODS USED AT SMRE*
- 1 July 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of Occupational Hygiene
- Vol. 19 (1) , 37-47
- https://doi.org/10.1093/annhyg/19.1.37
Abstract
A comparison of the six lung hydrolysis methods used at The Safety in Mines Research Establishment shows that the best overall method for the recovery of coal, non-carbonaceous mineral and quartz dust from formalin-fixed human lungs is the 11.3 N hydrochloric acid procedure. The acetic/formic acid procedure can also be used for coal, non-carbonaceous mineral and quartz dust recovery but the method is less reproducible than the 11.3 N hydrochloric acid procedure.Keywords
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