Chronic exposure of rats to cotton-mill-room noise changes the cell composition of the tracheal epithelium

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1135-1142

  Oliveira, Maria João R ^a   Pereira, António S ^a   Guimarães, Laura ^a   Freitas, Diamantino ^a   Carvalho, António P O ^a   Grande, Nuno R ^a   Águas, Artur P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; COTTON; HEALTH HAZARD; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NOISE POLLUTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TRACHEA MUCOSA; WORKPLACE;

ANIMALS; CILIA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TRACHEA;

ANIMALIA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0036915098     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-200212000-00007     Document Type: Article

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