Pulmonary epithelial response in the rat lung to instilled Montserrat respirable dusts and their major mineral components

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 466-472

  Housley, D G ^a   Berube K A ^a   Jones, T P ^b   Anderson, S ^a   Pooley, F D ^b   Richards, R J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANORTHITE; CELL MARKER; SILICON DIOXIDE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CATALYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFLAMMATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG INJURY; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MINERAL DUST; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VOLCANIC ASH;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; ANIMALS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; DUST; EPITHELIAL CELLS; LUNG; MALE; MINERALS; ORGAN SIZE; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SILICON DIOXIDE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WEST INDIES;

ANIMALIA; FRAXINUS;

EID: 0036062307     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.59.7.466     Document Type: Article

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