Role of lipids in the mechanism of coniophage death
Babushkina, L.G.; Velichkovskiĭ, B.T.
Gigiena Truda i Professional'nye Zabolevaniya (5): 25-28
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0016-9919 PMID: 7380310 Document Number: 160451
Using rats, a lipid-mitochondrial hypothesis was formulated regarding the role of excessive accumulation (in lungs, coniophages and the body as a whole) of free fatty acids and of their source material (lipids) in the mechanism of coniophage death, which was the 1st and central element in the development of silicosis.