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47 percent of the lungB examined contained two or more bodies, (20.5 percent of the women and 60.7 percent of the men). This 47 percent is in substantial agreement with the compar able 41 percent reported by Cauna40 (see Table 6 in the Appendix) for residents of Pittsburgh.
TABLE 2 DISTRIBUTION OP "ASBESTOS (FERRUGINOUS) BODIES"
IN LUNGS IN PITTSBURGH220
Sex Men
Total Women
Total
Mo. of Cases
1 21 15 19 56
2 29
B 5 44
Mean Ape
89 62 64 70 65
29 57 68 64 60
Fibers/Unit Of Lunej
0 1 2-5 >5
0 1 2-5 >5
Distribution (Percent)
2 37 27 34 100
5 66 IB 11 100
2.2 Effects on Animals
2.2.1
Commercial and Domestic Animals
Kiviluoto 121 reported finding some asbestos bodies in
a cow near an asbestos mine. In 1931, Shuster
reported
finding extensive pulmonary fibrosis in a dog kept for ratting
in an asbestos factory. The lungs of the dog also contained
6ome asbestos fiberb but no asbestos bodies were found.
8000 1^33
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