Quantitative image analysis of lung connective tissue in murine silicosis

Experimental Lung Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 71-88

  Antonini, James M ^a   Hemenway, David R ^b   Davis, Gerald S ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen; Image analysis; Inbred strains; Laser scanning confocal microscopy; Lung; Mouse; Pulmonary fibrosis; Silica; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LASER MICROSCOPY; LUNG FIBROSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICOSIS;

EID: 0034058767     PISSN: 01902148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/019021400269880     Document Type: Article

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