A clearance model of man-man vitreous fibers (MMVFs) in the rat lung

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 253-274

  Yu, C P ^a,d   Dai, Y T ^a   Boymel, P M ^b   Zoitos, B K ^b   Oberdorster G ^c   Utell, M J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Unifrax Corporation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d the State University of New York   (United States)

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EID: 0031838943     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/089583798197673     Document Type: Article

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