A biomathematical model of particle clearance and retention in the lungs of coal miners: I. Model Development

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 69-87

  Kuempel, Eileen D ^a   O'Flaherty, Ellen J ^a   Stayner, Leslie T ^a   Smith, Randall J ^a   Green, Francis H Y ^b   Vallyathan, Val ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL;

ADULT; AGED; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; COAL WORKER; CURVE FITTING; HUMAN; KINETICS; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG BURDEN; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG INTERSTITIUM; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 0034852239     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/rtph.2001.1479     Document Type: Article

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