In vitro toxicity of respirable-size particles of diatomaceous earth and crystalline silica compared with asbestos and titanium dioxide

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-42

  Hart, Georgia A ^a   Hesterberg, Thomas W ^a  

^a Johns Manville Technical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; INFUSORIAL EARTH; SILICON DIOXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CHO CELL; CYTOTOXICITY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE;

ANIMALS; ASBESTOS; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; DIATOMACEOUS EARTH; PARTICLE SIZE; QUARTZ; SILICON DIOXIDE; TITANIUM;

EID: 0031914450     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199801000-00008     Document Type: Article

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