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Table 4 Asbestos fibers found in larynx (for additional details the readers are referred to the synthesis of the studies in the text)

From: Quantitative assessment of asbestos fibers in some normal and pathological extra-abdominal tissues—a scoping review

Reference

Number of subjects / number of samples

Type of tissue analyzed

Type of asbestos exposure

Type of asbestos found (number of samples with/without fibers)

Range of asbestos fibers mfgdt*

[21]

2/2

Larynx

Occupational

Total (2/0)

0.5—3.6

[28]

1/1

Larynx

Occupational

Total (0/1)

0

  1. *When original data were reported for wet tissue, the results were multiplied by 10 to convert them to dry tissue