Pattern of deposition of stainless steel welding fume particles inhaled into the respiratory systems of Sprague-Dawley rats exposed to a novel welding fume generating system

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 103-111

  Yu, Il Je ^a,c   Kim, Kwang Jin ^a   Chang, Hee Kyung ^b   Song, Kyung Seuk ^a   Han, Kuy Tae ^d   Han, Jeong Hee ^a   Maeng, Seung Hee ^a   Chung, Yong Hyun ^a   Park, Seung Hyun ^a   Chung, Kyu Hyuk ^c   Han, Jin Soo ^e   Chung, Ho Keun ^a  

^a Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Kosin University   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^d Korea Dusturbo Incorporation   (South Korea)

^e Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Inhalation; Lung; Manual metal arc; Rats; Stainless steel; Welding fumes

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS EXCHANGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INHALATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SOUTH KOREA; WELDING FUME;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANIMALS; CHROMIUM; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; STAINLESS STEEL; WELDING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033920554     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(00)00209-5     Document Type: Article

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