Publications by authors named "Anne E Taunton"

Thermodynamic modeling, in conjunction with available kinetic information, has been employed to investigate the fate of chrysotile and tremolite in the human lung. In particular, we focus on mineral-fluid reactions using techniques borrowed from geochemistry, including calculation of saturation indices, activity-ratio phase diagrams, and reaction-path modeling. Saturation index calculations show that fresh lung fluid is undersaturated with respect to both tremolite and chrysotile and these minerals should dissolve, in accordance with conclusions from previous work described in the literature.

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Objective: To identify factors influencing satisfaction with procedures for small animal euthanasia and to compare the relative importance of those factors among clients, staff, and students at a veterinary teaching hospital.

Design: Survey.

Sample Population: 18 nonclinical hospital staff members, 13 clinical staff members, 10 veterinary technicians, 19 veterinary students, and 91 clients.

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