Objective TO CARRY OUT FIBER ANALYSIS IN LUNGS OF PATIENTS WITH ASBESTOS RELATED DISEASES. THE USE OF VARIOUS ELECTRON-MICROSCOPIC METHODS, INCLUDING SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (STEM) TO UNDERTAKE FIBRE ANALYSIS IN LUNGS OF PATIENTS WITH ASBESTOS RELATED DISEASES (MESOTHELIOMA, LUNG CANCER WITH AND WITHOUT ASBESTOSIS, ASBESTOSIS OF LUNG AND PLEURAL SPACE.) RESULTS ARE COMPARED WITH CONTROL GROUP WITHOUT OCCUPATIONAL ASBESTOS DUST EXPOSURE. MEASUREMENTS ARE CARRIED OUT ON 30 - 40 HUMAN LUNGS. Programme(s) PRE-ENVPROT 3C - Sectoral research and development programme (EEC) in the field of environment (environmental protection and climatology) - indirect and concerted actions - Environmental protection -, 1981-1985 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator JUSTUS-LIEBIG-UNIVERSITY OF GIESSEN EU contribution No data Address Ludwigstrasse 23 35390 GIESSEN Germany See on map Total cost No data
