Biopersistence of Synthetic Vitreous Fibers and Amosite Asbestos in the Rat Lung Following Inhalation

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 262-275

  Hesterberg, T W ^a   Chase, G ^h   Axten, C ^b   Miller, W C ^a   Musselman, R P ^c   Kamstrup, O ^d   Hadley, J ^e   Morscheidt, C ^f   Bernstein, D M ^h   Thevenaz, P ^g  

^a Johns Manville Corporation   (United States)

^b N Amer Insulation Manufacturers A   (United States)

^c USG Corporation   (United States)

^d Rockwool International AS   (Denmark)

^e OWENS CORNING   (United States)

^f SAINT GOBAIN RECHERCHE   (France)

^g Research and Consulting Company   (Switzerland)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Amosite asbestos; Asbestos; Biopersistence; Fiber glass; Fiber pathogenicity; Inhalation studies; Vitreous fibers

Indexed keywords

MARTES PENNANTI;

AMOSITE; GLASS; GLASS FIBER; KAOLIN; MINERAL FIBER; RCF 1 FIBER; RCF-1 FIBER;

AEROSOL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; FISCHER 344 RAT; LUNG; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; METABOLISM; RAT; TIME;

AEROSOLS; ANIMALS; ASBESTOS, AMOSITE; GLASS; KAOLIN; LUNG; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MINERAL FIBERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032135590     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1998.8472     Document Type: Article

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