Effect of inhaled fibers on the glutathione concentration and γ-glutamyl transpeptidase activity in lung type ii epithelial cells, macrophages, and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 351-367

  Clouter, Anna ^a   Houghton, Catherine E ^a   Bowskill, Christopher A ^a   Hibbs, Leon R ^a   Brown, Robert C ^a   Hoskins, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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ALIA; ANIMALIA; TRIXIS;

EID: 0030939699     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/089583797198187     Document Type: Article

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