Mucous Cell Metaplasia in Rat Nasal Epithelium after a 20-month Exposure to Ozone: A Morphometric Study of Epithelial Differentiation

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 521-530

  Harkema, Jack R ^a   Hotchkiss, Jon A ^b   Griffith, William C ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

OZONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FISCHER 344 RAT; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METAPLASIA; NOSE MUCOSA; PATHOLOGY; RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; MALE; METAPLASIA; NASAL MUCOSA; OZONE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 0031135677     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb.16.5.9160834     Document Type: Article

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