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Table 2 EDS elemental quantification (wt. %) of analysed AFBs: NS-AFB (AFBs of non-smoking patients N1 and N2), S-AFB (AFBs of smoking patients S1 and S2) and S-fibre (asbestos fibres of AFBs of non-smoking patient N2 and smoking patients S1 and S2)

From: An investigation of the internal morphology of asbestos ferruginous bodies: constraining their role in the onset of malignant mesothelioma

  

O

Mg

Al

Si

P

Ca

Mn

Fe

 

Mean (n = 4)

28.8 ± 1.88

0.76 ± 0.25

1.49 ± 0.39

6.18 ± 2.97

1.73 ± 0.35

1.79 ± 0.38

0.11 ± 0.11

59.14 ± 4.82

N1-AFB

Min

25.49

0.19

0.4

1.37

0.94

0.91

0

34.06

 

Max

38.67

1.63

3.58

22.41

2.69

3.70

0.45

67.96

 

Mean (n = 4)

28.70 ± 3.04

0.73 ± 0.23

1.41 ± 0.4

6.37 ± 4.75

1.53 ± 0.34

1.58 ± 1.19

0.48 ± 0.16

59.20 ± 7.96

N2-AFB

Min

25.47

0.00

0.27

1.16

0.09

0.49

0.00

5.01

 

Max

50.82

1.72

4.90

41.45

2.70

14.97

1.20

67.84

 

Mean (n = 4)

27.08 ± 1.6

0.58 ± 0.36

1.03 ± 0.34

4.19 ± 3.51

1.76 ± 0.34

1.99 ± 0.59

0.08 ± 0.1

63.13 ± 5.45

S1-AFB

Min

25.36

0.17

0.03

1.48

0

0.14

0

31.14

 

Max

40.19

2.83

3.61

26.07

2.25

3.93

0.65

67.75

 

Mean (n = 3)

27.23 ± 1.28

0.64 ± 0.24

1.30 ± 0.53

4.16 ± 1.7

1.64 ± 0.31

1.50 ± 0.55

0.10 ± 0.08

63.43 ± 3.47

S2-AFB

Min

25.58

0.34

0.68

2.31

1.03

0.63

0

51.04

 

Max

30.87

1.95

4.21

9.07

2.38

3.28

0.32

68.14

 

Mean (n = 4)

41.68 ± 2.46

1.27 ± 0.54

0.09 ± 0.08

28.51 ± 3.95

0.06 ± 0.15

0.66 ± 0.79

0.10 ± 0.10

27.63 ± 5.74

N2-Fibre

Min

39.48

0.37

0.00

24.12

0.00

0.08

0.00

11.87

 

Max

48.35

2.24

0.32

38.94

0.69

3.59

0.45

33.09

 

Mean (n = 4)

37.57 ± 3.55

1.94 ± 0.8

0.2 ± 0.34

21.74 ± 6.07

0.26 ± 0.55

0.45 ± 0.6

0.31 ± 0.22

37.54 ± 8.86

S1-Fibre

Min

27.05

0.34

0.00

3.70

0.00

0.06

0.00

22.05

 

Max

44.24

2.92

1.11

32.58

2.12

2.56

0.71

64.87

 

Mean (n = 3)

41.12 ± 1.88

0.78 ± 0.20

0.13 ± 0.20

27.92 ± 2.66

0.03 ± 0.07

0.28 ± 0.36

0.05 ± 0.04

29.68 ± 4.96

S2-Fibre

Min

39.58

0.54

0.02

25.69

0

0.03

0

21.85

 

Max

44.02

1.05

0.48

31.93

0.16

0.91

0.09

33.64