Cytotoxicity of ambient air particles to rat lung macrophages: Comparison of cellular and functional assays

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 161-172

  Nadeau, D ^a   Vincent, R ^b,e   Kumarathasan, P ^b   Brook, J ^c   Dufresne, A ^d  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Environmental Health Centre Ottawa   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; SILICON DIOXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL FUNCTION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DUST; IN VITRO STUDY; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RAT; RESPIRATORY BURST;

EID: 0029939924     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0887-2333(95)00115-8     Document Type: Article

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