Quartz in ash, and air in a high lung cancer incidence area in China
SEM analyses indicated that there were higher amounts of silica in the smoke of smoky coal than smokeless coal ( μg/m 3 vs. μg/m 3). We also identified fibrelike particles in a higher concentration within the smoke of smoky coal than smokeless coal (5800 fibres/m 3 vs. 550 fibres/m 3). Ash analysis suggested that the bulk of the ...