Biodegradability of inhaled p-aramid respirable fibre-shaped particulates: Representative of other synthetic organic fibre-types?

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 73, Issue SUPPL. JUN., 2000, Pages

  Warheit, D B ^a   Hartsky, M A ^a   Webb, T R ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradability; Biopersistence; Cellulose; Fibre; Para aramid; RFP

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC POLYAMIDE; CELLULOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BIODEGRADATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIBER; HAMSTER; LUNG; LUNG FLUID; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; ARAMIDAE; CRICETINAE;

EID: 0033931643     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00014630     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

1. A comparative study of the clearance of respirable para-aramid, chrysotile and glass fibres from rat lungs
2. An enzymic tissue digestion method for fibre biopersistence studies
3. Pulmonary cellular effects in rats following aerosol exposures to ultrafine Kevlar aramid fibrils: Evidence for biodegradability of inhaled fibrils
4. Pulmonary responses to inhaled para-aramid fibrils in hamsters: Evidence of biodegradability in the lungs of a second rodent species