Mass and number of fibres in the pathogenesis of asbestos-related lung disease in rats

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1978, Pages 673-688

  Davis, J M G ^a   Beckett, S T ^a   Bolton, R E ^a   Collings, P ^a   Middleton, A P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS FIBER; CHRYSOTILE; CROCIDOLITE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COMPARISON; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ETIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; INHALATION; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FIBROSIS; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; RAT; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ASBESTOS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MESOTHELIOMA; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RATS;

EID: 0018096451     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1978.105     Document Type: Article

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