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Definition of Amosite

1. a type of asbestos [n -S] - See also: asbestos

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amosite

Literary usage of Amosite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Niosh Manual of Analytical Methods: Sampling and Analytical Methods for ...edited by Peter M. Eller edited by Peter M. Eller (1994)
"Identification of amosite. Prepare a slide in 1.680 Rl liquid. Observed the fiber morphology for amosite characteristics: straight fibers and fiber bundles ..."

2. Eighth Annual Report on Carcinogens: 1998 Summary edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"amosite has a prismatic, lamellar to fibrous crystal structure. ... Chrysotile, amosite, and particularly crocidolite all have extremely high-tensile ..."

3. Asbestos: Selected Cancers by Institute of Medicine (U. S.) (2006)
"... amosite after 922 women after limit 1926 cohort to enhance tracking crocidolite, amosite and chrysotile crocidolite, amosite and chrysotile crocidolite, ..."

4. Asbestos Publications Produced by the National Institute for Occupational by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"amosite has also been shown to have a similar carcinogenic effect; a significant number of mesothelioma cases have occurred in a cohort of 933 amosite ..."

5. 6th Annual Report on Carcinogens (1991) by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"When administered by inhalation, chrysotile, crocidolite, amosite, and anthophyllite induced mesotheliomas and lung carcinomas in rats and mesotheliomas ..."

6. The Health Consequences of Smoking: Cancer and Chronic Lung Disease in the by DIANE Publishing Company (1985)
"In this text, crocidolite refers to asbestiform richterite and amosite refers to ... In the United States, amosite and, to a lesser extent, crocidolite were ..."

7. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"... smoke followed by exposure to a solution of amosite asbestos increases uptake of asbestos fibers compared to exposure to air followed by asbestos. ..."

8. The Mineral Industry by Richard Pennefather Rothwell (1922)
"Mineralog- ically asbestos falls into various classes such as anthophyllite, chrysotile, crocidolite and amosite. Commercially asbestos falls into two great ..."

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