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Asbestos Disease Learning Center

Causes could include:
Inhaling asbestos fibers can cause scar tissue (fibrosis) to form inside the lung. Scarred lung tissue does not expand and contract normally, and cannot perform gas exchange.
Source:ADAM
Date:April 24, 2009
Occupational exposure is the most common cause of asbestosis, but the condition also strikes people who inhale asbestos fiber or who are exposed to waste products from plants near their homes. Family members can develop the disease as a result of ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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